Doesn't this clearly tell Zhu Yunwen that all those reports to the authorities were his doing?

So he has to keep the actors acting for a few more days before gradually canceling the plan.

After some time, the county government returned to normal.

However, during this period of time, those mountain bandits and brigands still did not cause any more trouble.

Zhu Yuntong was getting a little impatient, after all, he still had to go back to get married after dealing with things here.

So he decided to speed things up. These bandits and mountain brigands weren't causing trouble anymore, were they? No problem, Zhu Yunwen would take care of it for them.

So, on a bright sunny morning, Zhu Yunwen gave an order to the ten Imperial Guards to impersonate mountain bandits and call them the Black Head Gang.

The ten Imperial Guards immediately followed Zhu Yunwen's instructions, posing as bandits and robbing and looting in some villages outside Heiyun County.

Of course, while this is called fighting and robbery, it doesn't actually involve anything serious.

They were just putting on a show; they didn't hurt or kill anyone, nor did they steal anything. They simply pretended to be fierce and menacing, threatening the people and demanding that they scrape together a certain amount of silver within a week.

This way, their ferocity can be highlighted without harming the common people for the time being.

After this incident, Heiyun County was in an uproar again. Everyone was saying that a group of fierce mountain bandits had appeared south of the city. They were said to be from the Black Head Gang and were extremely powerful. They rode on horseback, wielding long knives, and their skills were incredibly impressive. They were clearly not ordinary mountain bandits, but a powerful and difficult-to-deal-with bandit group.

When the news reached the county government, the fat magistrate and the registrar were both stunned.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing doubt and confusion in each other's eyes.

Then, just like when the fat county magistrate asked the registrar:

"Why weren't we notified beforehand that these bandits were making a move?"

The clerk began to speak:

"I also find it strange. Logically speaking, they shouldn't have made any moves so quickly, right?"

After all, when they sent someone to report the news, they said that they had accidentally encountered the new magistrate on the official road and had killed about twenty bandits.

What's going on? You're already eager to get started again?

Both men were puzzled by these questions. At this moment, Zhu Yunwen walked in and looked at County Magistrate Zhou and the Registrar, saying:

"My lords, there are bandits again. Shall we go and wipe them out?"