I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Inside the cell, Wang Yuan couldn't help but shiver, looking at Jiang Yuan with some fear in his eyes.

How long have they, the Black Cloud Mountain group, followed Jiang Yuan? This was the first time he felt such a strong sense of oppression from Jiang Yuan.

But when Jiang Yuan said these words, he seemed extremely calm, as if he was not talking about a person at all, and it was as simple as stepping on an ant to death.

"Hmph! Then just kill me!" Qian Xue gritted her teeth and glared at Jiang Yuan.

Wang Yuan couldn't help but shook his head. This was the first time he had seen someone so suicidal.

You've already become a prisoner. Do you really think your so-called arrogance is useful?

If you can be of great use to Taiping County, Jiang Yuan might actually give you a thumbs up and praise you, saying that you are indeed a talent and it is normal for you to be a little proud.

But unfortunately, you, Qian Xue, have nothing. All you have is Jiang Yuan wanting to confirm whether something is right or wrong. So, does your life or death still matter?

Wang Yuan even thought that Jiang Yuan didn't care much about right or wrong, and it was okay to get an answer or not.

"In some ways, you are indeed a bit brave, but from another perspective, you are a complete coward." Jiang Yuan's face was calm.

Qian Xue's pupils shrank. What on earth did this corrupt official in front of her mean?

She was not afraid of death. There were only three people left in the Qian family anyway. One survivor was enough. She would die if she died.

"You bastard, are you scared? Kill me if you dare, and don't let me look down on you!"

Jiang Yuan, who had originally had a calm expression, suddenly grinned.

"Look down on me? If you want to look down on me, then look down on me. I won't lose a piece of meat."

"You! Are you still a man?" Qian Xue started cursing.

Jiang Yuan slowly looked at Qian Xue for a few times, and said with a somewhat evil smile: "Miss Qian, you don't know that our Taiping County started from scratch and developed step by step."

"So in our Taiping County, you can take advantage, you can cheat, but you can't waste!"

"I see you seem to have some capital, young lady. It would be a shame to kill you directly."

Hearing this, Qian Xue could no longer maintain her fearless attitude. Her whole body trembled and her voice trembled.

"You, what are you going to do?"

"What else can I do?" Jiang Yuan spread his hands, with a knowing look on his face, and said, "Since you won't cooperate, of course I'll send you to the barracks and tell them to line up outside!"

"You! You are so despicable! You are not a human being, you are a beast!" Qian Xue lost her composure completely and yelled at Jiang Yuan hysterically.

Jiang Yuan took a leisurely step back, scratched his ears, and continued nonchalantly:

"Don't be impatient, I haven't finished yet."

Qian Xue's face turned pale, and there was a hint of fear in her eyes.

Even Wang Yuan, who was standing behind Jiang Yuan, couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Oh my god, I haven’t even finished saying this yet, sir, you are so cruel.

"Don't worry, I'll build a building for you in the barracks. I'll have people line up outside every day. Don't worry, you'll be the only one in the building, and no one will compete with you for business!"

"Not only that, I'm also going to bury your grandfather downstairs so he can see it with his own eyes. Also, I'm going to make those people we captured yesterday..."

"Enough!" Qian Xue collapsed and yelled. For the first time, she lowered her proud head and sobbed.

"Ask me whatever you want to know, but you have to swear to me that you'll kill me after you've asked."

Jiang Yuan clicked his tongue and thought, if he had just cooperated earlier, everything would have been fine.

"Since you're asking for death, and I'm a good person who loves to help others, I can agree to your request this time."

"Listen, tell me why your Qian family dug up Senior Li's grave."

"Okay, I'll say..." Qian Xue said weakly.

In this short moment, she felt that her heart had suffered irreparable damage.

After a cup of tea, Jiang Yuan nodded with satisfaction. What Qian Xue said was roughly the same as what Qian Fu said. Perhaps this was the truth that Qian Fu and his group believed.

But they would never have thought that Li Canglan was not dead and was planning to trick them.

Walking out of the cell, Wang Yuan looked at Jiang Yuan and asked, "Sir, did you really kill him?"

Jiang Yuan squinted his eyes at him and said, "What else? Why, are you heartbroken? Can't bear to let her go? Are you attracted to her?"

"Your Excellency is joking." Wang Yuan said with a wry smile.

"With so many people suddenly swarming into our prison, our budget is a bit insufficient. Do you think we should ask Ma Zhi to allocate some money?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and looked at Wang Yuan, with a look of disappointment in his heart.

"Wang Yuan, you're not going to blame us if you don't have enough money? You're feeding them for free, are you really going to support them?"

"Since the money is not enough, why don't you just make it enough?"

Wang Yuan stared at Jiang Yuan blankly, unable to figure out how to make enough money.

"You!" Jiang Yuan patted Wang Yuan on the shoulder and pointed at the large group of people captured yesterday. "Look at these people! They came here illegally all the way. Not only do they have no travel permits, but they all have some tricks up their sleeves."

"If they were kept in the cell forever, they would definitely form a group and bully all the prisoners in Taiping County to death."

Wang Yuan agreed and said, "That makes sense. What does the lord mean?"

Jiang Yuan sighed in disappointment: "Kill them all, what's the point of keeping them alive?"

Wang Yuan swallowed his saliva, suspecting that he had heard wrongly. Forty or fifty people? If they were all to be killed, not to mention in Taiping County, even if we looked at the entire Yunzhou, executing so many prisoners at once would be a major event that had to be reported to the higher authorities.

"You are such an idiot! No one else knows these people appeared in our territory. You just find a deserted mountain in the dark and kill them all and bury them. Who would know?" Jiang Yuan added again.

Wang Yuan stared at Jiang Yuan in amazement. After a long while, he finally reacted and said weakly, "But sir, it's only early summer. We should at least wait until autumn before executing him, right?"

Jiang Yuan glared, thinking it was so narrow-minded. What was the difference between the execution after the autumn and the execution after the autumn? In movies and TV series, how many people were saved because of the execution after the autumn?

Do you understand that delay will lead to changes?

"Wang Yuan, I'm telling you, remember this: any day when the sun rises as usual is a good day to kill."

"Tonight, execute them all. If you're short on manpower, ask Li Hu to transfer some to you."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan turned around and walked out of the prison. The strong sunlight outside suddenly shone in, making Jiang Yuan feel dazzled. It took him a while to calm down.

However, before Jiang Yuan could walk back to the county government office, Li Hu rushed over.

"My lord! My lord, it's all over! There are thousands of people outside the city gate, calling out to see you!"

Jiang Yuan's heart was shocked: "How much?"

"A thousand or so people! Are you kidding me? Just this small number of people dare to attack the city?"

Surround it with three times your strength and attack it with ten times your strength. This is a famous saying passed down in China. Taiping County is no longer the same as before when it could be controlled by Qingmu. These thousand or so people are really not enough.

"Sir, please don't say anything for now. That man claims to be Sun Xin from Taizong County. Ergou and his men are still in his hands. Let's go and take a look!"