In the famine, she stockpiled space supplies and became a bandit.

Zhu Da was very happy to be praised, but he said: "I am not very wise or brave, I am just more knowledgeable than people like Luo Xi."

"However, although I know she is bragging, it is true that she is stealing our population."

"She played a trick on me last time, and I haven't settled the score with her yet. This time, I must teach her a lesson."

Zhu Da walked quickly to the table, exaggerated the news he had obtained by more than double, wrote it down and had someone send it to the county magistrate Du Hong.

To put it in an exaggerated way, given the suspicious nature of the county magistrate, he would definitely send people to investigate. He might even think that Luo Xi had some ulterior motives and directly send troops to encircle and suppress him.

When it comes to understanding people's hearts, he is very confident.

By the time Du Hong received the letter, the news had become like this: As long as you join Chaoyang Villa, you will have enough meat and rice to eat as much as you want, and you don't have to do anything. You can receive 100 taels of silver a month, and Luo Xi's secret seeds will grow taller than a person if you throw them on a stone.

The joints of Du Hong's hand holding the letter were visibly white, his face was flushed red, and his chest was heaving violently. He couldn't utter a word for a long time.

It can be seen that he was extremely angry.

"Sir, are you okay?" the bailiff asked in a low voice.

If the messenger had not brought important news, he might have received a reward, but now it seems that he has a greater chance of being punished with a stick.

Du Hong was so angry that he laughed: "Good, what a good official, very good."

"He said meat is enough to fill your stomach, and seeds thrown on rocks grow taller than a person. As a county magistrate, don't you have the ability to distinguish right from wrong? He also believes such rumors?"

"What a waste." He crumpled up the paper and smashed it on the yamen runner's forehead: "You, keep an eye on Zhu Da and let him work with Rong Bai, the prodigal, to destroy Chaoyang Villa."

"Otherwise, Zhu Da will no longer be the county magistrate, and you, don't come back."

He had never taken a thatched nest built by a woman seriously. After being exaggerated by Zhu Da this time, he subconsciously thought that Luo Xi was sensationalizing and even lost the desire to ask someone to verify it.

When the bailiff came out with the paper ball, he almost hated Zhu Da and the bailiff to death.

They were talking about getting a reward, but now they are about to lose their jobs. They thought it was easy to work in the county magistrate's office and there would be many people vying for the job.

"I want to see what this guy Zhu Da wrote."

But after just one look, he wanted to slap himself twice.

"What the hell is this? Even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe this. How dare this idiot Zhu Da send it to an adult?"

The bailiff was very angry and decided to keep a close eye on Zhu Da so that he could make up for his mistake, otherwise he might not be able to return to the county magistrate's mansion.

Zhu Da was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that he guessed wrong this time. He was asked to destroy Chaoyang Villa together with Rong Bai?

"Then, then...where are the troops? Where are the food and fodder?" he asked with a sad face.

The army and food? The county magistrate's bailiff wanted to cut open his head to see if it was full of tofu dregs.

"Master Zhu, do you understand that the county governor is giving you an opportunity to make meritorious contributions?"

"You did something stupid and angered the adults. If you don't do this job well, you will lose your job, and you will also implicate me."

He said the last sentence as if he was going to eat Judah.

Zhu Da was completely panicked now. How could he accept the situation when his official position was at risk?

Without this official position, who would send him gifts or be respectful to him?

No, no, absolutely not!

"Don't worry, yamen runner. Zhu Da will do his best to never let this happen."

He clenched his fist and hurried to Tongning County.

As for the army’s food and fodder, doesn’t Rong Bai have that?

The Rong family is the richest family in the county, how could they do without these? Besides, these are bandits from their Tongning County, why should they ask him to spend money and effort? It would be a great honor for Rong Bai if he could just be a military supervisor.

When Rong Bai heard him say this, he was instantly amused: "So, Lord Zhu has angered the county governor himself, but he doesn't want to do anything, so he just waits for me to clean up your mess."

He clicked his tongue and looked at Li Jin standing beside him: "Uncle Li, I remember that I didn't seem to be married yet. When did I get such a big son?"

"A son who only cares about looking for his father when he does something wrong?"

"Rong Bai, be careful with your mouth." Zhu Da's face turned pale: "Who is your son?"

As expected, he is a dandy from a merchant family, he talks nonsense all the time...呸呸呸呸.

Rong Bai glanced at him sideways: "Of course it's you, Master Zhu. Otherwise, why do you take it for granted that I should help you for free?"

"What do you mean by helping me?" Zhu Da said, "These are bandits under your jurisdiction in Tongning County. Isn't it only natural that you contribute money and effort?"

"If you don't do this well, the county magistrate will take off your official hat anyway."

"That's perfect." Rong Bai sat up straight, his eyes sparkling. "When will the county magistrate pick it? Now?"

As he spoke, he actually took off his official hat and handed it to Zhu Da: "Then please give it to the county governor, sir."

"Oh, by the way, there is also the corvée service in this county. This task will also be given to you. The people of Tongning County have all gone to Chaoyang Villa to become bandits. My ability is limited and I really can't gather them. I think the extremely smart Lord Zhu will definitely have a way."

Zhu Da: "..."

I have never seen such a shameless person.

It was neither right for him to answer nor wrong for him to answer.

In the end, he had no choice but to stand up and leave in anger. If he stayed any longer, Rong Bai would probably have angered him to death.

"Sir, what should we do now?" The housekeeper was worried: "If we had known earlier, we would not have written such a letter to the county magistrate."

Now, not only did I annoy people, but I also took on an inexplicable assignment.

Since Magistrate Rong is so difficult to deal with, they are sure to fail in this mission.

Zhu Da still couldn't figure it out: "Who knows what the county governor is thinking this time? Didn't he like to ask about everything himself? Did he check it himself?"

"Forget it, now that things have come to this, let's just keep thinking about this."

Zhu Da snorted: "I still don't believe that he really doesn't care about his official hat, otherwise why would he spend a lot of money to buy it in the first place."

He began to try to figure out people's minds again.

"Just wait, we'll just endure it and see who can outlast the other."

Anyway, he is determined not to compromise. If you want to take things or money from him, you're just dreaming.

The treasures he had just saved up after the last theft were barely warm yet.

After Zhu Da left, Rong Bai turned around and went to the villa to tell Luo Xi about this.

"These court dogs...well, each and every one of them wants to take advantage of me. This is outrageous." He was furious.

He spoke as if he was no longer an official appointed by the court. Luo Xi glanced at him.

This guy is becoming more and more comfortable with her now, and he even knows to grab the snacks on the table and eat them.

She didn't care and said calmly, "It's easy. When the time comes, we can cooperate and perform a few more scenes. Then, we can still get a lot from him."

"But, let's leave him alone for now. In this kind of situation, whoever gets impatient first will be at a disadvantage."