The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 644

He is absolutely not afraid of Xu Tian.

Xu Tian took out the token that Li Er had given him.

When the warrant was produced, the county magistrate was instantly terrified.

"Your Excellency, seeing a magistrate is like seeing the emperor; you must know that, right?"

Having said that, he immediately knelt down on the ground with a thud.

His head hit the ground hard.

"This humble official greets Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

Xu Tian snorted coldly as he looked at the magistrate.

He said, "Your Excellency should know the purpose of my visit!"

The magistrate raised his head, pretending that he knew nothing.

"Lord Xu's arrival here with such a grand entourage, I truly do not know what brings you here?"

Xu Tian took the seat of the county magistrate directly.

He grabbed the golden wooden stick and then put it down.

Snapped!

With a loud bang, the county magistrate was stunned for a moment.

"You audacious magistrate, you ordered your men to poison the disaster victims. Now the evidence is irrefutable, do you still want to deny it?"

The county magistrate knelt on the ground again, prostrating himself completely.

"Lord Xu, you are innocent! I am truly innocent! How could I have ordered my servants to administer medicine to the disaster victims?"

Seeing Xu Tian's posture, the county magistrate looked like he was about to severely punish him.

It seems that Xu Tian is serious this time.

He even brought out the gold medal that the emperor had bestowed upon him.

Moreover, judging from the tone just now, it was clear that she wanted to punish him.

After a moment's thought, the county magistrate gained confidence.

She started acting in front of Xu Tian.

"Lord Xu, I am innocent, truly innocent! This was all done on the orders of that man in black. How could Xiaguan possibly treat its own people like this?"

"It was the mother of that man in black who had an argument with the villagers, so that man wanted to take revenge on them."

Now that things have come to this, he will absolutely not admit to it.

No matter how severely Xu Tian tortured him to extract a confession?

No, Xu Tian can't find any evidence to arrest him right now.

He still has a chance to turn things around, so what is he afraid of?

So he shifted all the blame onto the man in black.

Xu Tian gave the county magistrate a cold look.

"Oh! Really? Was it just that man in black acting on his own initiative? Wasn't he acting on the orders of the county magistrate?"

How could the county magistrate possibly admit it?

"Yes, it was that man in black who acted on his own initiative. How could I possibly do such a thing? Those are all ordinary people from the city."

He instantly adopted the demeanor of a virtuous official.

He doesn't seem like a bad guy at all.

Xu Tian sneered.

It seems this guy is simply refusing to admit it.

Then, Xu Tian said directly, "Since the county magistrate is unwilling to admit that you were ordered to do this, then I will now have that person come out for a face-to-face confrontation."

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate felt a momentary panic.

But no matter what, he would never give Xu Tian the opportunity to punish him.

As long as he doesn't admit it, there's nothing they can do about it.

The man in black was escorted out.

"Tell me, did you decide to poison the refugees' pots on your own initiative, or was it ordered by the magistrate?"

Upon hearing Xu Tian's words, the man instantly glared at the county magistrate with hatred.

He never expected that this county magistrate would be so shameless.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, it was the magistrate who instructed me to do it. Strawberries had no grudge against those refugees, so why would I suddenly poison their pots?"

The county magistrate sneered, "Your mother has always been treated coldly by those refugees. You have enough hatred and enough suspicion."

The man in black shouted, "You're talking nonsense! You clearly ordered me to do this. Why would I do something like this for no reason? Besides, I'm your subordinate."

"How could we have done anything if you hadn't ordered us to?"