After traveling through time, she still led the villagers to make money as a county magistrate

The two came to the cellar. Li Jing stopped Gu Niannian and frowned, saying, "Don't go."

Gu Niannian's face was full of question marks

Li Jing, "This is a cruel method. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it if you see it."

Gu Niannian, "It's okay, if you are worried, come with me."

Li Jing said nothing and just silently protected the person behind him

Liu's clothes were taken off, her abdomen was cut open, the child in her belly was nowhere to be found, and her lower body was covered in blood.

The moment Gu Niannian saw it, she turned her head away and began to retch, "How...how could this happen?"

Li Jing handed over a water bag and said, "Rinse your mouth and go out and ask, and you'll know."

Gu Niannian, “Yeah.”

The two of them went outside and found the person who had just asked, "What's your name?"

"Reply...reply sir, my...my name is Wang Er."

Gu Niannian, "Wang Er, do you admit your guilt?

"I don't know!" Wang Er shook his head in panic.

Li Jing blocked Gu Niannian behind him and asked, "Did Liu Shi get insulted by you?"

"No, no, we were drugged by that little beast Wang Sheng, so we did such a beastly thing." Wang Er cried with tears and snot.

Gu Niannian: "Oh...really?"

"Sir, please believe me. Although Liu is the wife of that little beast, she is actually the wife of my cousin Wang Chun. She is pregnant again. We all know this. How could I do something worse than an animal..." Wang Er wanted to grab Gu Niannian's trouser leg, but was stopped by Li Jing.

"What about Song Rong?"

"She is your legitimate sister-in-law, can you bear to do that to her?" Gu Niannian looked straight at Wang Er.

Wang Er, “I…I spent money.”

"This is a crime, you know? They can put you in jail. Think it over carefully before you speak."

In this era, there are no clear legal regulations for this kind of private prostitution. Gu Niannian just guessed that he didn't understand the law, so she threatened him to tell the truth.

"I'm telling you, please don't put me in jail. I have a wife and children at home who need my support. What will happen to them if I go to jail?" Wang Er pleaded.

"You have a wife and children at home, yet you still do such a thing that is worse than an animal," Gu Niannian said angrily

"I was also bewitched by Miss Su's beauty." Wang Er tried to explain, but this explanation only deepened Gu Niannian's disgust towards him.

If we follow what he said, everything can be blamed on women. He blames women for not being able to have children and blames women for being too beautiful for his lust. If this is not heresy, what else can it be?

Gu Niannian sneered, not wanting to argue with such a person anymore, "Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly."

"More than 20 years ago, my cousin Wang Chun brought Song Rong back to the village. I will never forget the appearance of that woman."

"The women in the same village are completely different. Their faces look like you can squeeze water out of them, and their waists are so thin that they seem like they will break if you pinch them."

"Wow, she's so beautiful! I wanted to go to Wang Chun every day to look at her. At that time, we men envied Wang Chun the most. He studied for several years and dressed up as a scholar, but he was able to trick her into marrying a beautiful woman. He even gave her a dressing table. The craftsmanship and wood used were so great that even the richest families in our area couldn't afford it."

"Later... the woman didn't get pregnant for several years, and everyone was saying that Song Rong was a chicken that couldn't lay eggs. At that time, I was still glad that although my wife was fierce, violent and a little strong, she did have two children in three years. Now my eldest son is also getting married..."

"I told you to talk about Song Rong, what are you talking about..." Li Jing saw that he was talking more and more, and he shouted at him.

"Later, I went to my cousin's house several times and saw bruises on Song Rong's face and hands. But this was his family affair after all, so I couldn't intervene," Wang Er continued.

"One time, I got drunk at his house and fell asleep in the same bed with Song Rong. When I woke up, my cousin threatened to report me to the government. He only agreed to let me go after I paid him some money."

"Later I found out that it was my beastly cousin who drugged Song Rong and me, and then put us in the same bed, which led to this scandal."

Gu Niannian, "More than once."

"Your Excellency's calculations were brilliant. That experience was truly unforgettable for me..." Wang Er licked his dry lips.

"Song Rong has never given birth, and her waist is slender. The most regrettable thing is that after all these years of hard work, her hands are a little rough, and her face is not as fresh as when I first met her. But she is still much better than my wife..."

Gu Niannian's fingers crackled, "You beast, so you negotiated a price with Wang Chun and paid him this much for one sleep."

Wang Er, "I didn't expect that Wang Chun would let his wife sell herself out! I agreed as soon as he asked. Later, Song Rong received more and more people. Wang Chun had money, so he found a woman outside."

Gu Niannian, "Liu".

Wang Er, "Yes, it was Liu. She was brought back because she was pregnant. Liu relied on the fact that she was pregnant to force Wang Chun to write a letter of divorce to Song Rong. Wang Chun, a greedy and lustful man, couldn't let go of such a cash cow, so he let Wang Sheng marry Liu, so that he could enjoy the happiness of having two wives..."

Gu Niannian asked, "Are the other twenty or so people the ones who bullied Song Rong?"

Wang Er nodded, "More or less

"How does Wang Chun treat Wang Sheng?" Gu Niannian asked

Wang Er, "Of course it's not good. He is made to sleep in the cellar every day. He is given leftovers to eat if there are any, and he goes hungry if there are none."

"Sir, please don't arrest me. Since Song Rong became crazy, I have rarely visited her..."

Li Jing kicked Wang Er and said, "This man broke into a private house with the intention of committing a crime. He was taken to the county government office and imprisoned pending trial."

"The remaining dozen or so people will be taken away together." Gu Niannian added

Gu Niannian, "Although these people have not committed any crime, they are indeed taking advantage of others' misfortune to satisfy their own selfish desires. Imprisoning him for ten days or half a month is a punishment for them."

"Although Wang Sheng was a pitiful man and Liu Shi's crime did not deserve the death penalty, it was still unjust that they died in such a cruel way."

Li Jing: "Now that both the perpetrator and the victim are dead, this matter cannot be pursued..."

"No," Gu Niannian tightly grasped Li Jing's arm.

"If I hadn't investigated this matter, would Mrs. Liu have lived longer, and would the child have been born safely..."

"I also contributed to this murder case. I am also one of Wang Sheng's accomplices in killing Liu." Gu Niannian looked at Li Jing deeply, trying to find an answer.

Li Jing, "How can you be blamed for this? No one could have predicted what happened later, and you saved more than a dozen lives."

"Don't blame yourself, do your best and leave the rest to fate," Li Jing comforted

"We still need to strengthen population management, conduct regular visits and tracking of outsiders, and remember to prevent such incidents from happening."

Li Jing: "Yes, I will arrange for personnel to conduct an inspection tomorrow and register all the newly arrived residents and outsiders."

"I've been working on the case for the past month, and I don't know how the workshop is doing. I heard that there have been several more orders recently. Come with me to check it out tomorrow!"