The county magistrate looked at her, somewhat flustered. "How dare you... How dare you slander me like this? Come, arrest him!"

Ma Qingyi took out the sign from her waist and showed it to him. The three big characters "Fu Qing Wang" appeared on the sign. The county magistrate was suddenly stunned and took a few steps back. Fortunately, someone supported him from behind.

Ma Qingyi looked at him and moved closer. "Can't the County Magistrate see clearly? Then I'll get closer!"

The county magistrate was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "I was blind and didn't know that the young master was a person close to the prince. Please forgive me!"

Ma Qingyi put away the token and walked past him into the yamen. The county magistrate stood up and shouted to the onlookers, "What are you looking at? Get out of here!" Then he left.

Ma Qingyi walked to the court, turned around and looked at the county magistrate, and smiled, "First, I need to find someone!"

The county magistrate kept his waist bent and looked at her respectfully. "Who are you looking for? I'll send someone to find him for you!"

Ma Qingyi looked at him with disdain. He had been so cold to her just now, but now that he had taken out Prince Fu Qing's token, he acted timidly and tried to please her!

How disgusting!

"I'm looking for one of your soldiers! Do you have any objection to executing him on the spot?" Ma Qingyi said coldly.

The county magistrate asked with some embarrassment, "This... this requires evidence to kill someone!... You can't just... "

Ma Qingyi suddenly laughed and looked at him viciously.

When you killed people, did you ever talk about reason or evidence?

Ma Qingyi looked at him with scarlet eyes, "Why don't you find it out first, and then... see what he did! And then see what you did!"

“…This…” The county magistrate was a little nervous and didn’t dare to look at her.

"Are you dissatisfied with my decision, County Magistrate? Why don't you go?" Ma Qingyi growled the last sentence.

The county magistrate was so frightened that he broke into a sweat. He hurriedly waved to the people around him and whispered. Then he looked at Ma Qingyi and said, "Then... what is your name, sir?"

"My last name is Ma!"

"Mr. Ma, please follow me..." the county magistrate said respectfully, extending his hand.

Ma Qingyi nodded and followed him to the backyard.

The soldiers stood in neat rows, waiting for Ma Qingyi to find them.

Ma Qingyi looked around, walked over and over again, and her brows became more and more furrowed.

Why not?

Ma Qingyi suddenly looked at the county magistrate and asked, "Is everyone here?"

"Yes!" said the county magistrate timidly.

"Sir, a few people went out for patrol! They haven't come back yet!" said one of the soldiers.

The county magistrate looked at Ma Qingyi with some embarrassment, "Master Ma, let's go sit for a while! When they come back, you can check to see if it's them!"

Ma Qingyi walked up to him and said, "Okay, then I'll rest and wait for them to come back. But don't be idle during the rest time, let's talk about the county magistrate's matter!"

The county magistrate rolled his eyes and said, "Master Ma, you are joking. What can I do?"

"Sir, let's talk in the main hall!" Ma Qingyi turned around and left.

The county magistrate followed Ma Qingyi to the main hall. Ma Qingyi sat in the county magistrate's chair, and the county magistrate stood respectfully beside her.

"Sir, as far as I know, the annual salary of a small county magistrate is usually issued directly by the court!" Ma Qingyi picked up the court board and played with it, pretending to be careless.

“Yes, yes, yes.”

"Then how much is your annual salary?" Ma Qingyi looked at him and asked.

"Fifty taels a month, six hundred taels a year!"

"Six hundred taels! It's really not a small amount! I'm very curious about where the county magistrate will use this money?" Ma Qingyi asked innocently, as if she was really just curious!

The county magistrate paused and stammered, "This... living costs money... the servants' monthly wages also need money!"

Ma Qingyi glanced at him with interest. "Sir, you're old, haven't you? ... The salaries of these officers and soldiers are paid by the court! How can they be deducted from your salary?"

"I..." The county magistrate didn't know what to say?

Ma Qingyi glanced at Chunling secretly and signaled her, and Chunling turned and left.

Ma Qingyi looked at him with a smile, then secretly hooked her finger and asked in his ear, "Sir, I also prefer those romantic places. Do you know where the largest brothel in the capital is? If you tell me,... I can also do this..."

The county magistrate looked at Ma Qingyi in surprise, then smiled wickedly, "Sir, do you keep your word?"

"Why, my lord, are you afraid that I will lie? Putting this token in my hand is enough to prove how much the prince trusts me! Do you dare not believe me?" Ma Qingyi looked at him with a deliberately sour face.

The county magistrate immediately became timid and agreed with a smile, "I dare not, I dare not, of course I believe it... of course I believe it! If you want to know, the best brothel is the Hongxiangyuan in the east of the city!"

"Oh... really? The county magistrate must go there often!" Ma Qingyi asked with a wink.

The county magistrate smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

Ma Qingyi suddenly slammed her hand on the table with a cold face, looking at him viciously. "You are a corrupt official, a corrupt person, living a life of luxury, not doing good deeds, not setting an example as an official, frequenting brothels, and using the salary issued by the court to support wild women! ... Every penny you use is earned by the people with great effort! And you have taken it away without restraint! What crime do you deserve!"

"This...this Young Master Ma is being wronged!"

"How can I wrongly accuse someone like you? You allowed your own men to harm the people. Today, I will not only kill you to eliminate this harm to the people, but I will also kill the officers and soldiers who committed this crime!"

shock!

"Miss, here it is!" Chunling suddenly appeared at the door, holding a notebook in her hand and handed it to Ma Qingyi.

Ma Qingyi flipped through it and threw it directly in his face. "You said your annual salary was 600 taels, but this book shows that your annual salary is over 1,000 taels! According to the wealth statistics from the year before last, 400 taels were spent on food, and more than 300 taels were spent on extravagant activities! ... Do you know that these 300 taels are the living expenses of ordinary people for two years! As a county magistrate, you don't care about the people. I will take your life today!"

“…Please spare my life!”

"Come here, take him to the jail!" Ma Qingyi took out a sign and said to the people standing on both sides.

The county magistrate was dragged into the cell, muttering, "Ma, Prince Fuqing has never been involved in these matters. What qualifications do you, a small subordinate, have to kill me? My official title was given to me by the emperor, and you can't do anything about it!"

The county magistrate's voice gradually faded away, and Ma Qingyi looked at him indifferently.

You finally stood up for once, but unfortunately the mistake you made cannot be made up for by just being tough!

Chun Ling looked at her in surprise. "Miss, you know all this!"

Ma Qingyi smiled bitterly and whispered, "There are many books like this in Mo Yufeng's room. I just flipped through them!"

"Then Miss...should we go back?" Chunling asked.

"We still have to wait for one more person, someone who is even more heinous than him!" Ma Qingyi said while gritting her teeth.