After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

"Tell me, where are you from, and what shameful things have you done?"

He reminded them, "You'd better tell me clearly which prefect's money you robbed."

"If you can't explain it clearly, you know what the consequences will be."

When these people heard this, the last glimmer of hope disappeared. The Minister of Justice even knew that they had robbed the prefect's silver. It was so terrible.

"We, we are from Tuzhou."

The Minister of Justice thought for a while before he remembered where Tuzhou was, and he looked at this group of people with a different look.

Tuzhou is extremely far from Rongdu. It takes more than half a month to get there by carriage. This group of people actually walked from Tuzhou to Rongdu.

However, this also shows that the crime committed by this group of people is very serious.

Because the farther away they are, the more stable this group of people will be.

The group continued to confess.

"We are servants of the Tuzhou prefect's family, or more accurately, his sons."

"On the surface, the lord appears to be an honest and upright official, but in reality, he's willing to do anything for money and benefits. It's just that he's very good at finding scapegoats, so the people think he's a good official."

The Minister of Justice knew the Tuzhou prefect, and he also knew that the Tuzhou prefect had a very good reputation.

Unexpectedly, the nature of Tuzhou prefect was like this.

It really proves the saying that one can tell a person’s true character by his appearance.

"It's been sunny for a while now, and some places are suffering from severe water shortages. The adults are distributing water on the surface, but they are actually secretly plotting to make a fortune from the water issue."

"This opportunity has truly come to you, sir. There is a wealthy but unkind merchant family in Tuzhou called the Lan family. The two concubine daughters of the head of the Lan family are your concubines, but outsiders don't know that these two concubines are quite favored, almost overshadowing the lady."

"When Master Lan discovered the water shortage, he discussed with the adults and forced them to sell water to those families who needed it. If those families couldn't pay, they would seize their land and other property, or sell their wives, daughters and children. This way, they could make a lot of money."

"Not only did the master agree, he also asked Master Lan to get more silver. The master and Master Lan made a lot of money from this. We were greedy for a moment, so we secretly stole the master's silver and the indenture, and fled Tuzhou overnight."

"We pretended to be disaster victims and chose to come to Rongdu. First, Rongdu is close to Tuzhou, and the adults dare not make it public. Second, Rongdu has too many people, so even if the adults wanted to investigate, they wouldn't be able to find anything."

The Minister of Justice never expected such a thing to happen. He hated the prefect of Tuzhou so much that he thought it was a vicious local prefect who forced people to buy water and even seized the property of the common people for his own selfish reasons.

If the emperor knew about this, he would be furious.

When Emperor Sheng learned about this, he was extremely angry and immediately ordered people to go to Tuzhou to arrest the prefect of Tuzhou and his related personnel.

It was also stated that if anyone dared to resist or escape, they would be killed on the spot.

……

Quanzhou.

Mu Baobao leaned against the window and stared at the county magistrate and his entourage standing at the door of the inn, wondering why he had to stand there waiting.

It's so hot outside and there's no ice basin. It's easy to get sick.

"Big Brother,"

She turned her head and pointed at the county magistrate. "Why is he standing there?"

Sang Ye had just finished reading the letter sent by the emperor.

Hearing this, he smiled and explained, "Baby, he is using a self-torture tactic."

"A trick of inflicting pain on one's flesh?" Mu Baobao tilted his head, bewildered. "Can flesh really be bitter?"

"Big brother, I've never eaten bitter meat. Have you ever eaten it?"

Zheng Xingguang and others were busy in their rooms.

Mulberry leaves, "...not bitter meat."

"The tactic of self-torture means to gain sympathy from others by appearing to be pitiful and suffering in order to achieve one's own goals."

Mu Baobao nodded in understanding, "So that's how it is."

She wrinkled her nose and snorted, "Then this county magistrate is really bad, actually using the self-torture trick."

Sang Ye said, "Baby, there's no need to be angry. This person won't live long."

"Now let him stand as long as he wants."

This county magistrate is really stupid. He dares to use the torture method to plot against Prince Zheng.

If the emperor knew about it, even if the county magistrate did nothing wrong, he would be reprimanded by the emperor and lose his official career.

Mubaobao jumped down from the chair and ran to him. "Big brother, how long are we going to stay here?"

Sang Ye handed her a pear and asked, "Don't you want to stay in Quanzhou anymore?"

After thanking him, Mu Baobao took a bite of the pear and said, "Quanzhou is not fun anymore. I want to go somewhere else."

Sang Ye said, "We'll leave Quanzhou in two days, okay?"

Mu Baobao agreed obediently.

At the gate of the inn, the county magistrate stood in the scorching sun.

Many people felt sorry for him.

"Why is the county magistrate standing in the sun all this time? Who in the inn dares to treat the county magistrate like this?"

"I heard it was Prince Zheng from Rongdu, the one known as the Little Devil. He told the county magistrate to stand in the sun. How could the county magistrate dare not stand in the sun?"

"This Prince Zheng is so despicable. It's already hot outside, and even hotter under the sun, and he actually let the county magistrate stand in the sun."

When the county magistrate heard this, a calculating glint flashed in his eyes, but he had no other choice.

If Prince Zheng had not been unwilling to see him and the people above him had not replied to his letter, he would not have taken such a risky move.

I just hope this step will allow him to stay safely in Quanzhou.

"Is the county magistrate still standing here?" Baozi walked out of the inn.

He smiled wryly and raised his voice slightly, "My prince has already said, sir, please go back, county magistrate. Don't stand in the sun on purpose. My prince will not see you."

"Why does the County Magistrate have to resort to such a cruel trick?"

"Or does the County Magistrate think that by using the self-torture trick to ruin the reputation of my heir, you can stay safely in Quanzhou?"

"If the Emperor finds out that you framed my prince, I wonder if you'll even be able to keep your official hat!"

He saw that the county magistrate had been the local emperor in Quanzhou for too long, and thought he could achieve his goal by using some tricks.

This county magistrate didn't even consider who he was targeting.

The county magistrate had never expected this.

His body swayed a few times and his face became paler.

He thought that as long as he used a self-torture trick to drive away Prince Zheng and his entourage, he could continue to stay in Quanzhou safely.

But he forgot that if the emperor knew that he had plotted against Prince Zheng, he would be in trouble.

"I, that's not what I meant. I just want to meet Prince Zheng."

Baozi sneered, "You want to see my prince, so my prince must see you?"

"Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you force my prince to see you?"