[It's fine now, but it won't be good if they force themselves on me later; it's kind of scary.]

[You can't scare me; I don't meet the requirements for forced love.]

[That's true, but I feel like their paranoia isn't that severe, just mild.]

[Got it. I'll put the bike out and tell you I'm driving it back tomorrow.]

Ji Yingying returned to the house, put out her bicycle, and was just about to lie down to sleep when she heard a noisy sound outside.

Fire.

[What? Can it burn me? ]

I don't know, it's not far away.

"Who started this fire? How could there be a fire in a place like this?" Ji Yingying put her bicycle away again and went out to wake the four of them up. They were all drunk, but when they heard Ji Yingying say that there was a fire, they immediately sobered up, more sober than anyone else.

"How could it catch fire?"

"I don't know!" Ji Yingying replied, and then prepared to go out and take a look.

This is also a small county town, a very small county town, close to Haixiang State, and looks similar to a village.

Fengcheng doesn't seem too far from here if you ride a donkey, but it's very far if you ride a carriage, a horse, or even walk.

When she arrived at the scene, the fire had already burned two houses. People who came out were crying, and firefighters were working hard to put out the fire.

The yamen runners also arrived.

"This won't do!" Ji Yingying was anxious, thinking that if things continued like this, all the houses would easily burn down.

"Let's not get so close, you'll get burned." Xiao Mei tried to pull her away, but Ji Yingying ignored her and called out, "Rong Er!"

"I'm here!"

Suddenly a person appeared, and Xiaoshuai and Xiaomei were both shocked. No wonder she could come out and walk around by herself, it turned out that she had a secret guard!

"Go and arrange for the yamen runners to demolish the house over there and contain the fire here. Also, the water source..."

"Master, the tide is receding."

"That's really inconvenient. Let's deal with the flammable items in that house first."

"yes"

Rong Er went to handle it, while she watched from the side.

[Xiangxiang, did you see what caused this fire?]

[Yes, the arsonist is the man over there, and he is also watching.]

"Rong Er, catch him, and him too!" There were two people with shifty eyes. Rong Er immediately went over to catch them, tied them up, and went to help put out the fire.

With Ji Yingying directing from the side, the county magistrate dared not speak, because he had already seen the token in Rong Er's hand, which was the token of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works.

"What are you doing here? Go and put out the fire. Unity is strength. You don't understand. I don't even know how you got your official position."

The magistrate, feeling wronged, immediately agreed to help.

The fire was put out quickly, and Ji Yingying asked someone to check to make sure there were no unextinguished fires that could cause a second fire.

"Sir, what should we do next?" The county magistrate was covered in dust and dirt, and his face was not clear.

[This scoundrel doesn't even know what to do; how did he get his official position?]

[He bought his way into the position; he was originally a poor scholar who married a wealthy woman and thus bought an official post. Because the area is remote and no one can control him, he's in this state of confusion!]

Ji Yingying couldn't bear to look!

"You ask me what to do? Don't you know how?"

"I don't know..." He was panicking. He had never experienced such a thing before. He really didn't know what to do. If Ji Yingying was not here, he would know what to do.

"It's unbearable to look at. How can you be an official like this?" Ji Yingying retorted, then said, "Why don't you send someone to check if anyone's dead?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make the arrangements immediately."

After the magistrate left, Ji Yingying called Rong Er over again and said, "Send someone to report this to have him demoted and have someone else appointed as magistrate."

"yes"

Rong Er went to make arrangements immediately and came back after a while, staying by her side the whole time.

Looking for bodies and counting the death toll. The big house didn't collapse, but the death toll could still be seen.

"Rong Er, you will be responsible for reviewing this case and then reporting back."

"yes"

As soon as Rong Er left, Xiaomei and Xiaoshuai came over.

"Sister, are you still an official in the court?" Because the county magistrate called her "Sister", not "Princess" or "Dame-in-law".

"Yes, I was forced to become an official last year. I'm currently working in the Ministry of Works. There was a snow disaster in Youzhou City during the Spring Festival, right? I went there, so I got a vacation and I'm on vacation now."

[Heh, you're skipping work. What's the point of trying to sound all refined and sophisticated?]

[It's useful. I'm naturally refined and unconventional, haha. You're just a idiot, you wouldn't understand.]

Yes, yes, I don't want to understand.

Ji Yingying snorted, "What the hell is this!"

"My little sister is amazing!" the young master suddenly said. Ji Yingying blinked, feeling a sense of liking.

[Oh my god, the young master is so cute, he has a Cha Cha vibe, and he looks like a little puppy.]

Milk tea!

【Milk tea?】 Ji Yingying blinked and looked at the young master again. She quickly understood and wanted to laugh. How funny! However, it did look like it.

"No, I'm sleepy. Let's go back to sleep. The results will be out tomorrow."

Ji Yingying yawned, followed them back, and fell asleep in the house.

When I woke up in the morning, the county magistrate came over and brought the case files with him.

"Is this the outcome of the trial?"

"Yes."

Ji Yingying took it and glanced at it. It was a revenge killing. The family that started the fire belonged to the local gentry, surnamed Chen. He seemed quite amiable, but his son was the kind of villain who committed murder, arson, kidnapping, and all sorts of evil deeds.

This time they robbed the wives and daughters of the two men and then had their home set on fire. The mother, father, younger brother, sister-in-law and others in the family all died in the fire.

The two men didn't know how to seek revenge at first, but later someone gave them a plan, which gave them the opportunity to take their revenge.

The death toll was also very high, with the Chen family having the highest number of deaths. There were basically no deaths in other nearby families, and a lot of property was liquidated.

"How much money is left in the county government's account?" Ji Yingying asked. The county magistrate did not dare to answer.

"You don't even know how much money is in the county government's account?" Ji Yingying slammed the table. Xiaomei and Xiaoshuai were about to come in and were also startled by her.

How old is this child?

Is the power of officials so great?

"Alright, I'll let Rong Er handle this. You just keep an eye on things. It won't be long before the Emperor sends someone to take over the county. You can then see which position you're assigned to and do the work accordingly!"

It's unbearable to look at. They're not even as good as her bodyguards. Look at Rong Er, he can do everything and he's good-looking too.

The county magistrate was dumbfounded. He was stripped of his official position just like that?

I wanted to beg for mercy, but I didn't dare!

"Go out!" Ji Yingying waved her hand, then saw the group of them and immediately went to greet them.

"Brothers, sister, are you here?"

"Well, sister, have you really been an official for half a year?"