This bearded man is also an honest man. He now thinks that Zhu Yunwen is a really good person and very reasonable.

He himself, though he came in wanting to carry out the magistrate's orders to beat Zhu Yunwen and drive him out of the city.

However, although Zhu Yunwen beat him up in return, he obediently agreed to leave the city, which was beyond the bearded man's expectations.

Therefore, he felt that Zhu Yunwen was a good person, at least he didn't make things difficult for him.

So the bearded man led Zhu Yunwen directly out of the city. Along the way, Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu had already returned to their original appearances.

Then the two of them walked calmly, with a half-smile on Zhu Yunwen's face.

They arrived at the city gate, where the bearded man swaggered in with Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu, heading towards the gate.

At this moment, the city gate was under very strict inspection. Although people could still enter and exit, everyone had to undergo a rigorous inspection by two men.

These two men were the same two who had gone out with the county magistrate's daughter, encountered Zhu Yuntang and Zhao Qingzhu, and were beaten up.

They were the only ones among all who had seen Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu, so they were able to recognize them and were therefore sent to the city gate to conduct a search.

The purpose was to prevent Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu from leaving the city.

Originally, the day had yielded no clues, which left the two of them somewhat desperate. After all, if they couldn't find Zhu Yunwen to return to, they would inevitably get another beating.

However, at that moment, both of them saw a man and a woman coming towards them.

The man was handsome and the woman was stunning, which immediately caught their eye.

Haven't we found it?

The two men exchanged a glance, then spoke to the constable beside them:

"It's just the two of them..."

The constables immediately swarmed forward and surrounded Zhu Yuntong and Zhao Qingzhu.

Zhu Yunwen remained remarkably calm, even his smile widened, as everything was proceeding according to his plan.

Just then, the bearded man looked completely bewildered and frowned, saying:

What are you doing?

The constable glanced at the bearded man and then said:

"We're taking these two with us!"

The bearded man was equally unyielding, and rebuked:

"You bastards! I was ordered to escort these two out of the city. What right do you have to take them away?"

The constable was also angry and said:

"We are constables from the county government. What's wrong with us taking them away?"

The bearded man, equally unyielding, sneered and said:

"What's so great about the constables of the county government? I work under the magistrate, and I even have a position in the Court of Judicial Review, which is probably half a rank higher than yours. What right do you have to snatch people from my hands?"

"Besides, our Magistrate is an official of the prefectural government, and you mere county-level officials and constables think you can seize someone under our orders? Isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

When the constables heard that the person was the magistrate's man, they were in a bit of a predicament.

But they couldn't back down, since their magistrate had given them a strict order to bring the two men back no matter what.

So the constable said:

"Enough with the nonsense. No matter what, we're taking these two away today."

The bearded man narrowed his eyes. He wasn't particularly bright to begin with, but at this moment he was doing his thinking very smoothly, following Zhu Yunwen's plan.

After thinking for a moment, he touched his enormous head and said to the two constables:

"No, our magistrate wants me to send these two people out because they know about the magistrate's affairs and might ruin his plans."

But you were ordered by the magistrate to take these two people away. Could it be that these two people... have something to do with the magistrate?

The constable clearly didn't understand what the bearded man said, and frowned as he said:

"What does it matter to you whether it's related or not? Hand these two over to us immediately, we need to take them back to see the magistrate."

Upon hearing this, the bearded man's suspicions were confirmed. He realized that Zhu Yuntong and Zhao Qingzhu were probably the magistrate's men, which explained why they dared to openly oppose the judge in court.

The constables had their own guesses. They wondered who would dare to hit the magistrate's daughter in this place.

If we were to name someone, it would have to be one of those who hold a higher position than the county magistrate, to have such audacity.

Unfortunately, within this county town, there was also a prefectural government office. The prefectural government office was the superior authority of the county government office, and the officials there were generally of higher rank than those in the county government office.

In this way, some of these people would have the right or the courage to oppose the magistrate's daughter.

In addition, this bearded man repeatedly mentioned the magistrate, and even claimed that he was acting on the magistrate's orders to send Zhu Yuntong and Zhao Qingzhu out of the city.

Are they being sent out of the city to save them?

The constables immediately understood their guess: Zhu Yuntong and Zhao Qingzhu were probably ordered by the magistrate to teach the magistrate's daughter a lesson, and now they were to protect them and send them out of the city.

So both sides made their own speculations. Although they weren't very smart, Zhu Yunwen's calculations were indeed involved in all of this.

Zhu Yunwen exploited the conflict between these two unscrupulous officials, and through this incident, he caused misunderstandings between them, which in turn exacerbated their conflict.

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