At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

When Lin Jingmo surrounded Huyue Village tightly, he saw a group of people walking out of Huyue Village, including men, women, old and young, wearing ordinary people's clothes with patches on their bodies. After arriving outside the village, they knelt directly on the ground. This was the idea proposed by their military advisor, and maybe they could be spared the death penalty this way.

"Boss, it was one of their musicians who controlled our minds. We don't want to expose Hu Yue Village." The fourth brother said as he looked at the boss kneeling outside Hu Yue Village.

"It's not your fault, Old Four. We are ordinary people in Shangyang County. Almost everyone here has been forced by the Wu family and the Shangyang County Magistrate to become bandits. Please understand, General." Qiu Yong said.

Upon hearing this, Yu Tinghai asked, "Let me ask you, is the 200,000 yuan of official silver you robbed more than a month ago still there?"

"Your Excellency, it was our Third In Command who led the robbery of government silver. He fled with his men last night. He only robbed 50,000 taels of silver, not 200,000 taels. They didn't take the government silver with them. It's just behind us. If you don't believe me, you can check it out." Qiu Yingying replied.

"Your third in command is really amazing. He ran away when he knew that this general would come." Lin Jingmo asked.

"To answer the general's question, our third general brought more than 200 people to our Huyue Village two years ago. I can see that he must be a soldier. One day when we were drinking, we asked him and he said that he used to be a vanguard officer under Duke Li and killed many people from Xiliang. After Duke Li died, he didn't want to work for the court anymore, so he secretly brought his people to us." The military advisor with a long mustache replied.

"It seems that my guess was correct. He is indeed an old subordinate of Duke Li. No wonder he ran so fast." Lin Jingmo said.

"What should we do now that two hundred of my second uncle's men have run away?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"What else can we do? Let's find the relief money first." After Lin Jingmo finished speaking, he ordered loudly: "Come and take these people away. Search this place inside and out."

After that, more than a thousand people quickly tied up the bandits in Huyue Village. The remaining thousand people began to enter the village and search.

Soon a centurion came over and said, "Master Dusi, we have searched the Tiger Leap Fort inside and out and found a total of 16,000 taels of silver and 1,000 dan of grain and grass, but nothing else."

"Okay, take all these things away!" Lin Jingmo said.

Yu Yunxin took a look at Huyue Village. If there weren't so many thorns here, it would really be a paradise. It's also close to the official road.

"Xin'er, what are you looking at?" Yu Tinghai asked.

"Dad, these bandits can be said to be ordinary people!" Yu Yunxin asked.

"We'll know after we go back and interrogate them." Yu Tinghai replied.

"If they have committed no crime, how would you punish them?" Of course, they would be detained for three years and sent back to their hometown.

"But so many people are locked up and need food and water for three years in vain?" Yu Yunxin said.

"Of course not. I will send people to strictly guard these people. Now the whole Nanling County is developing water conservancy projects, so let them do some work!" Yu Tinghai said.

"What if the water conservancy project is done well?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"Of course he was put in prison." Yu Tinghai replied.

"It's not a pity. You see, Huyue Village is a good place. It would be great if we could build an inn or a restaurant or shop here. There are still many merchants coming and going here." Yu Yunxin said.

"I know what you are thinking of. This is the official road leading to three counties in Nanling County. The geographical location is good. I will talk to Governor Yang and ask you to buy this place. By the way, do you have enough money?" Yu Tinghai asked.

"Dad, do you have a private vault?" Yu Yunxin asked with a smile.

"Your father is an honest official. Most of the expenses of the Yu family over the years have been supported by the shops left by your mother." Lin Jingmo said.

"Cousin, if you want this place, I have money. My grandfather gives me a lot of pocket money every year, which I can never spend. I will give you the money to buy this place." Lin Dengyuan said.

"If it's not enough, I'll ask my cousin to borrow." Yu Yunxin said.

"Xin'er, you don't have to ask your fifth cousin to borrow money. The Queen Mother heard that it was you who used the diabolo to divert water and proposed the new water conservancy project in Nanling County, so she rewarded you with a lot of good things." Lin Jingmo said.

"Yes, Xin'er, I still want to ask you for some good things. If you want money, just ask me and you don't have to pay it back." Lin Dengyuan said.

"The Queen also gave me rewards?" Yu Yunxin asked when she heard it.

"Yes! Do you know that after Aunt Wang found out, she wanted the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict to send it to Yu's house? It was us who said that you are in Nanling County now, and if we want to send it, we have to deliver it to you personally, so that you can understand the Queen's intentions. Finally, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict thought it was right and followed the prince to Nanling County. They should arrive in Nanling County in two days." Lin Dengyuan said.

"That's great. I didn't expect that the Queen is so kind. I just wanted to solve the water shortage problem for the villagers. Thank you so much, Queen." Yu Yunxin said happily.

"Cousin, do you know that as soon as you left, Aunt Wang brought all her relatives into the mansion, and your Yayun Courtyard is now occupied by Yu Yunxuan. They are really bullying you." Lin Dengyuan said angrily.

"Forget it, cousin. I don't know how carefree my life is in Wangshan County without these two people. Don't talk about them in front of me anymore. I'm not interested." After saying this, Yu Yunxin got into the carriage and closed her eyes to rest.

Lin Dengyuan said nothing and followed the carriage. After returning to the county government office, he did not expect that Shangyang County Magistrate and Wu Jincai, the head of the Wu family, also came to Wangshan County Government Office.

As soon as he saw Yu Tinghai, County Magistrate Ge went up to him and asked, "County Magistrate Yu, I heard that you and your men have captured all the bandits in Huyue Village?"

"County Magistrate Ge, you are really well-informed! It's a pity that half of the people escaped," Yu Tinghai replied.

"That's right. The Wu family has suffered a lot from these bandits. The Wu family's property has been robbed many times over the years. And most of these bandits are refugees from Shangyang County. Do you think you can hand them over to me for trial?" County Magistrate Ge said flatteringly.

"You damned official, it's you who destroyed our family, so we turned into bandits." Upon hearing this, Qiu Yong looked at Magistrate Ge and said angrily.

"Are you the magistrate of Shangyang County?" An extremely domineering voice reached the ears of Wu Jincai and County Magistrate Ge.

"Who are you?" County Magistrate Ge asked, looking at Lin Jingmo, who was wearing silver armor but not official uniform.

"I am a fourth-rank military officer, and I am here on the orders of the emperor to investigate the theft of official silver. These bandits robbed the emperor's official silver for disaster relief. Is the Wu family's small amount of money more important than the emperor's money?" Lin Jingmo said.

"Sir, that's not what I meant. I didn't know these people were in the same group as those who robbed the government silver." County Magistrate Ge immediately admitted his mistake and knelt down.

Wu Jincai, who was standing behind him, also admitted his weakness when he heard it. The fourth rank was higher than his second brother's rank! He immediately knelt down and said, "I didn't know that you were here. I will pay my respects to you, Dusi, right away."

"Okay, Magistrate Ge, if there is a case in your county related to these people, just hand over the file and I will investigate and handle it." Lin Jingmo said.

"Okay, I will organize the files and hand them over to you as soon as I get back. I will take my leave now." After saying this, Magistrate Ge immediately took Wu Jincai away.

"Wait a moment." Yu Tinghai immediately stopped Magistrate Ge and Wu Jincai when they were about to leave and said, "Magistrate Ge, if I find out anything about the Wu family, please ask the head of the Wu family to come to Wangshan County."

"Sir Yu, of course. I will cooperate with County Magistrate Yu and Lord Dusi in investigating the case." Wu Jincai replied.

Yu Tinghai watched the two of them go back and escort the hundred people directly into the hall. Jin Chen, who was still in the back hall, saw Qiu Yingying being taken into the hall as well, so he followed her in. He was stopped by the yamen runners at the door and asked, "Who are you? Didn't you see that our master is going to handle a major case? Why don't you leave?"

"Why don't you leave?" Yu Yunxin asked Jin Chen after looking at him.

"Mr. Yu, our boss Yang has instructed us to deliver the ducks to the villagers personally. You see, ten carts of ducks is not a small number," said Jin Chen.

Yu Yunxin thought about it and realized that it was better to quickly send these ducklings to the villagers to raise them, so she said, "Come with me."

As he said that, he got on the first carriage and asked the driver to drive to Xiahe Village. Jin Chen and Yu Yunxin were sitting in a carriage. He drove the carriage and asked, "How will County Magistrate Yu deal with these bandits that Master Yu has captured?"

"The situation is like this. Two families in Wangshan County said that their daughters were kidnapped by bandits and disappeared without a trace. Father wants to give these two families justice. If the daughters of these two families have nothing to do with them, father will give them a lighter sentence and will not make things difficult for them. If human lives are involved, it will be different and I don't know what will happen." Yu Yunxin replied.

Upon hearing this, Jin Chen asked, "Why are the bandits from Tiger Leap Village still involved in human lives?"

"Bandits? Without any organization or supervision, they are used to being free and lazy, so it is inevitable that they will do things like murder and arson. My two maids were almost kidnapped by bandits. Fortunately, my maids were disciples of Baiyun Villa, otherwise, I don't know what would have happened to them." Yu Yunxin said.

"Really? I didn't expect that Master Yu has a maid from a martial arts sect. It seems that Master Yu really has some skills." Jin Chen said.

Seeing that he had inner strength that should not be underestimated and was running errands for Yang Yunsheng, Yu Yunxin knew that he must be Yang Yunsheng's confidant, so she said, "I see that you are quite curious about those bandits. After delivering the duck, if you have nothing else to do, I can take you to the lobby to listen to how my father handles cases."

"Great! I'm very curious about how the government handles cases." Jin Chen said.

After arriving at Xiahe Village, the nearby villagers, like in Huashan Village, lined up to sign and seal their names to take the ducklings to raise. This time, Yu Yunxin didn't have to bother to persuade the villagers to come and take the ducklings. Some people saw the ducks raised in Huashan Village eating rice locusts, so they helped Yu Yunxin to make Xuanchuan for free. Even the villagers from the two villages in the neighboring Dingshan County came to take away 5,000 ducklings. It didn't take long for the ten carts of ducks to be emptied, leaving only half a cart of chicks. There were 3,000 chicks here, and Yu Yunxin had them sent directly to the tea garden he bought in Huashan Village. She asked Lao Yang's family to raise them in the tea garden first, because she wanted to make tea garden chickens.

After finishing, she took Jin Chen into the lobby of the county government office and watched the excitement from the side.

The matter of the silver robbery had been clarified and it was confirmed that they had only robbed 100,000 taels of silver, so Yu Tinghai and Lin Jingmo did not ask any more questions.

Now it's time to sentence these bandits. Except for the two families whose daughters were abducted in Huyue Village, the rest of the people have no charges to sue these bandits. Even the Wu family of Shangyang County and the county magistrate Ge did not hand over charges to these bandits.

Wu Jincai of Shangyang County asked Magistrate Ge at the Shangyang County Office: "Governor Ge, should we now sue these bandits for robbing my Wu family of their goods several times?"

"Wu Jincai, are you stupid? You occupied their land and houses and forced them to go to Huyue Village to become bandits. Do you want to drag me into this or do you want to drag Lord Wu into this as well?" County Magistrate Ge looked at Wu Jincai sarcastically.

"I can help you produce those fingerprint evidences. They bought them from you voluntarily. You must have made a lot of money by growing tea trees on their land over the years. Do you care about the small amount of money they robbed you of?" asked Magistrate Ge.

"Master Ge, what you said is right. What if these bandits tell Yu Tinghai and Lin Dusi what happened back then?" Wu Jincai asked.

"What else can I do? You refuse to admit it. Besides, their house deeds and land deeds are signed with fingerprints. Yu Tinghai will not make things difficult for me and you because of those bandits. I will also tell Yu Tinghai that you don't care about the money and just consider it as a toll." Magistrate Ge said like a cunning fox.

"Okay, then I'll listen to Magistrate Ge," Wu Jincai replied. He placed a few banknotes on the table and left.

Magistrate Ge took one look at the silver bills under the teacup, put them in his arms, straightened himself, and walked towards the study.

Yu Tinghai sat in the lobby and did not say anything after receiving the letter from Magistrate Ge. He called Lian Qiao and Chun Yu and asked, "Do you still remember the bandits who tried to rob you yesterday?"

"I remember it, sir." Chunyu said.

"You two look around to see if there is anyone here who attacked you yesterday." Yu Tinghai said.

"Are these two your maids?" Jin Chen asked Yu Yunxin.

"Yes." Yu Yunxin replied.

"The master is Snake Eyes and the two men beside him!" Lian Qiao replied after taking a look at the crowd.

Snake Eyes saw that this woman was the one he wanted to abduct and take to the mountain to be his wife, and he felt a sense of fear at first sight as he thought that it was she who had used a needle to knock them out on the official road yesterday.

He immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, we have some thoughts that we shouldn't have, but this is our first time, and we didn't cause any harm to your maid, did we?"

"Shut up," Yu Tinghai slammed the gavel and said, "Did I ask you to speak?"

"Chunyu and Lianqiao, please leave for now." Yu Tinghai looked at Chunyu and Lianqiao and recognized them and said.

"Military Advisor, do you know about Snake Eyes?" Qiu Yingying asked softly upon hearing this.

The military advisor with eight-pointed beard shook his head and said, "I really don't know about Snake Eyes and the others. There are three wives in the village, but they are all willing. Although there is no marriage certificate, we have paid betrothal gifts to their families. Such a thing happened in the village of the Third Master, but what these two families said doesn't sound false, and their daughters are not here with us."

"Sir, we don't know these two families. Maybe someone is pretending to be from our Tiger Leap Village or someone from the escaped Third In Command." Snake Eyes tried to argue.

Qiu Yingying crawled over on her knees and kicked Snake Eyes, saying, "How can you slander the Third Master without any evidence?"

Jin Chen clenched his fists when he heard that Snake Eyes actually slandered him. He really wanted to beat him up. His men were all good brothers who had followed him through thick and thin. He knew that his subordinates would never do such a thing.

When Yu Tinghai saw that the bandits were fighting one of their own, he immediately ordered Captain Li to go down and bring San out and bring him directly to the hall.

"Do you know who I am? I am a senior official in the Ministry of Justice. I have handled many murder cases. Do you three want to escape my eyes?" Yu Tinghai looked at the three people angrily and then at the more than 100 people kneeling outside the hall and asked, "Although you are all bandits, you are all from the same stronghold. Do you want to be punished together with them? What did they do under your noses? Don't you really know it?"