She was forced to bring the county magistrate to seek justice from King Wei.

Niu Jiuhua knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, our Tianhu Village is a bandit village, but the people in the village are ordinary people who were forced to hide in the mountains because of the war. Please help us."

Xu Nianqing's pupils trembled, and there was only one thought in his mind: It's over!

What Niu Jiuhua said was not entirely true, but it was not entirely false either.

No matter how this case is handled, the ambiguous involvement between him and Niu Jiuhua will definitely become a stain that he can never wash away.

How could he point out Xu Shuangnian's identity at this time? What would the King of Wei think of the empress's maternal relatives?

If the news gets out, how will he face the empress?

While listening to Niu Jiuhua, Xiao Jingyi stared at Xu Nianqing. Her empty eyes seemed to look through him to another person, full of complexity and longing.

Xu Nianqing knew that his picture might be similar to the empress's, and he still had a chance. He was waiting for King Wei to speak.

But the King of Wei withdrew his gaze the next moment and looked at Niu Jiuhua: "I know about Miss Niu's affairs, but it is not within my duties to judge the case."

He thought for a moment and said, "Prefect Jiang."

Jiang Ming stepped forward: "I'm here."

Xiao Jingyi said, "Send someone to bring those bandits down. If they are indeed ordinary people, then settle them down properly."

Niu Jiuhua was extremely happy that their village was saved.

Xiao Li sighed helplessly. This girl is not stupid, but she is still too straightforward.

Xiao Jingyi was talking about properly resettling ordinary people. It was easy to deal with other real ordinary people, but Niu Tianhu and his men were real bandits who had killed and robbed people.

Killing is not a crime in this world. What is a crime is failing to reach the top and become the one who makes the rules.

Tianhu Village doesn’t even have the qualifications to negotiate, let alone make rules.

Killing Xu Shuangnian would immediately resolve the current crisis, and since he was kidnapped and killed in Yuancheng, there was no way that Tianhu Village was involved.

Although Niu Jiuhua's current actions are good for ordinary people in the village, they are putting her father and others on trial.