When the new county magistrate, Lord Zhang, received the news from Tang Youyou, he waved his hand.

"Go back and tell Ruren that he can't do anything!"

At the same time, he sneered in his heart: A bastard who relied on women to get to the top, now wants to bite the lady who was personally appointed by the emperor!

The butler beside him was confused, "Master, why did you agree to help her? It's just a seventh-rank imperial decree!"

County Magistrate Zhang snorted coldly: "What do you know? Have you ever seen a woman fight for an imperial decree on her own? I'm a newcomer and I know nothing about Qingshui County.

This woman is not only intelligent, but I heard she's quite prestigious too. If we don't win her over now, when will we? "

At night, Bai Hansong was strolling on the street with a wine jug, but he didn't expect two men to follow him stealthily.

They put him in a sack and beat him violently, stripped him of all his clothes and belongings, and threw him into the backyard of the brothel.

Tang Youyou didn't know about this and was terrified when faced with the uninvited guest who suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Well...we didn't break our promise!"

Rong Niang smiled bitterly, "Don't be nervous, I'm not a murderer, I just want to borrow your village doctor!"

Tang Youyou choked on her own saliva, "Ahem...Okay, okay!"

I felt relieved: maybe the burned man was sick, I couldn't refuse the loan considering the situation!

A moment later, Xiong Er came hurriedly, but was dumbfounded.

"This is?"

Tang Youyou handed him a piece of cloth, "Cover your eyes, and treat what happened tonight as a dream!"

Xiong Er:......

The next day, Xiong Er came to her house early in the morning.

"That man is dying, he's got tuberculosis! He's coughing up blood, there's no cure! That woman said she's gone... The agency has been withdrawn!"

He was confused: "What's going on?"

Tang Youyou felt sorry for a second, "Don't worry about this matter! Remember, you were sleeping soundly last night, nothing happened!"

At the same time, I was in a good mood: this time bomb has finally been sent away, and I can cut the bamboo in the back mountain without worry!

Although Xiong Er was full of questions, he muttered to himself: "No matter what, it's always right to listen to the girl!"

The villagers here were busy making dolls and going up the mountain to fertilize the tea leaves, but they had no idea that something big had happened in the city.

"Tianxianglou was burned down, but strangely enough, the surrounding shops were all fine!"

"It is said that all the shops in the five counties were burned down last night!"

"Could it be that the people at Tianxianglou did something immoral?"

"Shh... stop talking nonsense. I heard that Tianxiang Tower is quite important and is owned by Prince Ping!"

"Who is so bold? Isn't this just asking for trouble?"

The people were talking about it!

Inside a courtyard, a man was dying, "Rong Niang...you...please don't do this. Don't seek revenge for me. I just hope you can live well!"

Rong Niang burst into tears. "My husband, we have endured humiliation and lived in seclusion for these years. I have never forgotten what happened back then. Now that you are gone, what else do I want to live for? I will kill him and avenge the lives of hundreds of people in the village!"

"Rong...Rong Niang...don't" The man died with his eyes open.

Rong Niang just sat there blankly, her mind blank.

"Knock knock knock!" The knock on the door brought her back to her senses.

She wiped her tears and touched the man's eyes, "Husband, wait for me in the underworld!"

He turned around with a serious look on his face again.

"Creaky!" The door opened, and a young man in long green clothes appeared.

"Who are you? You must have come to the wrong door!"

The boy shook his head slightly and squeezed through the door.

"You and I have a common enemy. My father was his aide. In order to escape punishment, he sacrificed his own car to save his own driver and pushed my father out!"

Rong Niang narrowed her eyes slightly, "Why should I believe you?"

"Big Banya, the dentist from Qiren Dental Clinic, is his spy in Nanzhou. You can go and investigate!"

Yes, this person is Luo Zirui!

He clenched his fists and sneered in his heart: People in this world are strange at flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak. At that time, he was very suspicious why the broker gave him money, until the moment he finally thanked him and bowed, he saw the mark on the broker's arm.

That was a mark unique to the Pingyang death warriors. I had seen it by chance once before in my father's study.

Rong Niang became interested. "Oh? What do you want to do?"

"My father has evidence of his corruption and bribery. You need to go with me! But I'm afraid there are Prince Ping's spies there!"

"You think I'm easy to trick?"

Zi Rui panicked. "To be honest, I knew Tianxiang Tower was Prince Ping's property, so I've been keeping an eye on it, hoping to find some clues. I didn't expect to find you burning Tianxiang Tower down, and you're quite skilled in martial arts!"

"My original plan was to earn enough silver, then hire an expert, and return to Qingzhou to retrieve the account book!"

Rong Niang remained silent as he continued, "My father was the prefect of Qingzhou. I worked for him for many years. Last year, he was beheaded over a salt transport incident. I'm the only one left in our family of over a hundred! He thinks I'm unaware of my father's corruption and bribery, and he wants to use my hatred for the extermination of my family to slaughter the emperor!"

Rong Niang raised an eyebrow, "How could you, at such a young age, see through his scheme?"

"I discovered it by chance!"

Rong Niang looked at the young man. He had an upright figure and a pretty face, but he was very thin. His eyes were bright and he didn't look like someone who would tell a lie.

"Well, you wouldn't dare to deceive me! Wait until I bury the Prime Minister first!"

Only then did Zirui notice the man lying on the bed and didn't know how to comfort him.

Manager He of Tianxiang Tower was pacing anxiously in the room.

"What happened? What did the prefect say?"

"We are investigating. The prefect doesn't seem to be in a hurry!" the servant reported truthfully.

"Bang!" "Idiot, it's not his shop that's on fire, why should he be so anxious? Go find Yang Tongzhi!"

Little did he know that Yang Tongzhi was also in a hurry.

"Sir, this bandit is no ordinary one. He must have accomplices, and there are quite a few of them. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to burn down five shops in one night. This must have been planned for a long time!"

Prefect Tu leaned back in his chair, looking nonchalant, and waved his hands, "No hurry... no hurry... Last night there was a big fire that burned everything down. In the middle of the night, no one noticed it. It's really strange!"

Yang Tongzhi looked at him and felt something was wrong.

"Sir, this matter must be thoroughly investigated, otherwise I'm afraid we won't be able to stop the gossip!"

"Oh? What do the people in the city say?"

Seeing that he was not angry, Yang Tongzhi carefully spoke out his true feelings, "They say a new official starts with three fires, but you, sir, have brought so many disasters upon your arrival. This is a warning from heaven! You..."

Magistrate Tu snorted coldly, "Are you saying that I'm unworthy of my position?"

Yang Tongzhi quickly bowed and said, "Sir, this is just a mob. Don't pay any attention to them. But I'm afraid this matter needs to be handled properly! Otherwise, we won't be able to suppress the public anger."

Magistrate Tu was disdainful in his heart: Do you really think I'm uneducated and a pig-headed person?

"Why is Yang Tongzhi more anxious than me? Didn't you say that the truth isn't important, and establishing authority is what's important?"