Even if he wanted to deny it, the villagers of Zhulin would not agree. He had been the village chief of Zhulin Village for many years and knew the people in his village very well.

He believed that if he denied it, he would be severely bitten by the villagers, which was something he could not bear.

He had just lost his grandson and was still hoping to marry the Prince of Chen, bring honor to his family and live a life of superiority. He couldn't afford to be held back by the peasants he looked down upon.

"Master Yang, I know them. We are here to buy grain. The people of Xinghua Village are ungrateful and don't agree to sell us grain. That's why there's a little friction. It's nothing serious. You don't need to take it to heart."

From the information he got from the investigation, he knew that Zhu Lei was a person who would do anything to achieve his goals. Listening to what Zhu Lei said, he did not think it was strange. Instead, he felt that it should be like this. Otherwise, it would not be possible for a small village to gradually develop into a large village with more than 2,000 people.

Moreover, every previous county magistrate did not get rid of Zhu Lei, and allowed him to serve as the village chief in Zhulin Village peacefully.

The key point is that these are all obvious things, but Zhu Lei can still lie with his eyes open. Even though he has experienced many ups and downs, he has to admire Zhu Lei's shamelessness.

However, he did not continue to pay attention to Zhu Lei, but looked at Liu Quan.

"Someone, bring Liu Quan over here."

"Yes, sir."

"Don't touch me, I'll go by myself."

Liu Quan knew that he had failed this time. He had finally gotten a chance to do something for the second young lady.

As long as he can do things well this time, he won't have to worry about his future.

Who would have thought that the result would be like this? Just when the food was in hand, County Magistrate Yang came to Xinghua Village again.

He didn't know who County Magistrate Yang was, but he knew he couldn't escape from his hands.

What's more, he also wanted to be arrested by County Magistrate Yang, because no matter what, he would just go to jail.

He believed that it would be better to go to jail than to let the Prince of Chen punish him.

Liu Quanqian knelt down in front of Yang Zhijin with a thud.

Without waiting for Yang Zhijin to say anything, Liu Quan admitted his crime on his own.

"Master Yang, I came here just for the food from Xinghua Village. However, I paid silver according to the original price of two coins per catty, so that Xinghua Village would not suffer any loss. As for the death of Zhu Lei's grandson, it was purely caused by the chaos. So many people acted together, and who knows who killed Zhu Sijin? It can only be blamed on bad luck."

"Master Liu, what are you talking about? My grandson has a bad fate. It's all the fault of Xinghua Village. If Xinghua Village hadn't refused to give him food, there wouldn't have been a fight. Otherwise, my grandson wouldn't have died."

Seeing that he was kneeling too close to Zhu Lei, Liu Quan quietly moved aside and continued, "How can you blame Xinghua Village for this? Xinghua Village is so innocent. They are safe and sound, and have done nothing wrong, yet you, Zhulin Village, covet them. You even shamelessly asked them to hand over their life-saving grain. You can do such a shameless thing with a clear conscience. What else are you afraid to do? I would say that Zhu Sijin's death is retribution, retribution for you, Zhu Lei. Who allowed you to have such evil intentions, hoping to get something for nothing, and rob Xinghua Village of its grain?"

"Oh, I was wrong. It's not just Xinghua Village. You also want to steal the food from the six villages: Lianhua Village, Taohua Village, Shitou Village, Guihua Village, Meihua Village, and Zhoujia Village."

"No, I didn't. I didn't think so."

"Really? Do you dare to swear that you have never coveted the food of the other six villages? If you lie, God will punish you."

How could Zhu Lei make such a vicious oath? He originally felt that his grandson's death was his retribution, the retribution for the countless bad things he had done over the years.