Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Whether Lu Si really brought medicine to burn rice or not, they would find out the truth by going to Ding's house.

As for the purpose of Lu Si's doing this, once they find the evidence, they will have to "interrogate" him thoroughly in the county government later.

Lu Si, who was far away, saw Shen Zheng and the others looking at him with terrifying eyes, as if they were going to execute him on the spot. He was so scared that he wet his pants.

He looked at Qiu Niang who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes seemed to be filled with poison.

He didn't expect that Qiu Niang would really disregard the years of love between husband and wife. Even when he brought up their daughter Lan'er, she did not waver today. It was obvious that she wanted him to die!

Shen Zheng helped Qiu Niang up from her kneeling position. "What Lu Si wanted to do has nothing to do with you. It's good that you can tell us what happened. Let's go to your house and take a look."

It's really not Qiu Niang's fault. She just married the wrong person, which gave Lu Si the opportunity to take advantage of her.

And she was very courageous to tell the truth and prevent a disaster. After all, the person she reported was her husband.

However, Shen Zheng felt that this was a good thing for Qiu Niang. A husband like Lu Si would be worse off than not having one. Qiu Niang would definitely live a better life without him.

Qiu Niang raised her head and looked at Shen Zheng with tears in her eyes: "My lord, I am wrong. If he is not the son-in-law of my Nanba Village, he would not be able to get in with such strict patrols now. I almost... harmed the whole village."

Seeing that she still thought this way, Shen Zheng sighed and said seriously: "I have said it before, this is not your fault. If Lu Si really wanted to harm us, even if he didn't go through you, he would be able to find other ways. Don't take everything on yourself."

Qiu Niang looked at Shen Zheng blankly after hearing this. Wasn't it her fault...

Qiu Niang's long-standing rigid thinking made it difficult for her to accept Shen Zheng's statement, but like other county residents, she trusted Shen Zheng's words unconditionally.

Since the county magistrate said so, maybe it really wasn't her fault... She really needed to think about it carefully.

"Let's go, follow me to visit the Ding family." In Yu Zhengqing's opinion, the most important thing now is to find the medicine that Qiu Niang mentioned.

"Please wait a moment, sir. I will ask them to take Lu Si with them."

After Zhou Lizheng finished speaking, he trotted towards Lu Si. Before he could even stand firmly, he raised his leg and kicked Lu Si.

He pointed at Lu Si's nose and wanted to curse him, but when he thought of the two adults who were still waiting, he had to point at Lu Si several times.

Seeing Zhou Lizheng so angry, several strong men nearby couldn't help but ask, "Zhou Lizheng, what on earth did this kid do?"

Zhou Lizheng gritted his teeth and said, "Take him and follow us to the Ding family. You will know when you see him."

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Ding family.

As soon as Shen Zheng and his companions entered the courtyard, they saw the donkey cart that Qiu Niang had mentioned. Yu Zhengqing waved his hand and asked the driver to go forward and check.

At this time, Lu Si was like a dead dog. These people went straight to Ding's house, and when they arrived at Ding's house, they went straight to the donkey cart. The meaning was self-evident.

The driver knelt on the ground and as soon as he felt a few porcelain bottles under the cart, Lu Si started crying.

"Sir! Prefect! County Magistrate! I am guilty! I confess everything! It was me, Wang Wu, the head of Yonglu County, who threatened me with my young daughter and asked me to poison the rice in Tongan County!"

Wang Wu? Shen Zheng was stunned when she heard his name, but after thinking about it carefully, everything made sense.

Lu Si is an ordinary person, so he would not come to Nanba Village specifically for the purpose of drugging. If the rice in the village was really burned, it is easy to imagine how serious the consequences would be. Lu Si would do this himself, unless he is crazy.

Therefore, there must be someone behind him directing him, and that person is the Yonglu County Chief of Police, Wang Wu.

Then she clenched her fists unconsciously. What a fool! It was hard for him to think of such a vicious method.

She shouldn't have let him go before. Now he dared to do this. Did he think that he couldn't be found?

Yes, it was because her Tongan County had not yet developed and there were no experts in agriculture. Once the rice was burned, even if they knew it was man-made, they might not be able to find out whether drugs were used.

After all, the rice has just passed its grain-filling period and the fields still need irrigation. If we irrigate the fields twice more, what can we find out?

Wang Wu.

Shen Zheng was filled with anger, and she would never let him go this time!

Seeing that no one responded, Lu Si cried out, "My Lords, I have no other choice, but you must trust me. Although I brought the medicine in, I never thought of actually giving it to you!"

As he spoke, he struggled, trying to break free from the grip of several strong men.

But when the strong men heard the words "drug the rice", they immediately became furious and used more force in their hands.

Put drugs in their rice? Poison to kill the rice?!

The sturdy men didn't dare to beat anyone in front of Shen Zheng and Yu Zhengqing, so they could only use force with their hands silently, strangling Lu Si until he cried and screamed.

He cried and said, "My Lords, I wanted to bring the medicine in and throw it away somewhere, but I never found the chance. How could I dare to put the medicine in the pot?"

The driver took a few porcelain bottles from under the cart, wrapped them in cloth, and handed them to Yu Zhengqing.

After Yu Zhengqing took the medicine, he opened the porcelain bottle and smelled it.

Seeing this, Shen Zheng quickly reached out to stop him: "Sir, you can't do that!"

She had learned during her schooling that one should not put one's face close to smelling these toxic substances, even if they were liquids; one should use one's hands to gently fan the smell to let it enter one's nose.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

As soon as Shen Zheng finished speaking, Yu Zhengqing started coughing violently. It was so choking!

Yu Zhengqing also realized that his behavior was reckless. He quickly covered the porcelain bottle and fanned his nose with his hands.

After a while, he looked down at the kneeling Lü Si and asked, "You just said that it was Wang Wu, the head of Yonglu County, who ordered you to do it?"

Seeing that they finally paid attention to him, Lu Si kowtowed and said, "My Lord, it was the head constable Wang Wu. I don't know why he did this!"

Yu Zhengqing frowned. He couldn't figure out what the purpose of the Yonglu County police chief was, but Wang Wu didn't look like he was faking it.

And if he really wanted to lie, he could just throw dirty water on ordinary people. Why bother targeting the head of a county police station? Wouldn't that be more risky?

Seeing Yu Zhengqing frowning and struggling, Shen Zheng whispered to him, "Sir, I have had some issues with Wang Wu. I'm afraid his move is directed at me."

Yu Zhengqing turned his head and looked at her. The head of one county had a grudge against the magistrate of another county? !

This captain of the police is really brave!

At this time, Yu Zhengqing was certain that the conflict between the two was instigated by the captain of the police, if for no other reason, simply because he believed in Shen Zheng.