Countless people gathered in front of the Nanjiang County government office, all discussing the matter.

Some women in the family who had been harmed by so-called paranormal events even started shouting slogans.

Inside the government office, several key officials also learned of the matter. They all sat in a back hall, their faces not looking too good.

The county magistrate was a burly man with a square face, around forty years old. He suddenly slammed his hand on the table:

"I told you long ago that this matter was off-limits, off-limits. Sooner or later it was bound to cause trouble, and now look what happened. So, how do you plan to resolve this?"

The county magistrate, who was standing next to him and was second in command, took a deep breath and squinted his eyes as he said:

"Magistrate, don't worry. Things haven't reached an insurmountable point yet. Can't we still control all of this?"

The third-in-command, the chief clerk, also nodded and said:

"That's right, we can't just admit defeat and back down because some people are causing trouble. Right now, we need to think of a way to smooth things over."

A young clerk stood up and said:

“My lords, wasting time here is pointless. In my opinion, I should go out and take men to arrest the ringleaders who were shouting slogans, as well as the person who said he arrested the shop’s child as evidence.”

Then teach them a lesson, kill them outright, and blame it all on a paranormal event. All the evidence is unnecessary; just wipe it all out. Wouldn't that be better?

What he said makes sense, because once something is related to paranormal events, what logic can be made?

The more bizarre and inexplicable something is, the more likely it is to be considered a paranormal event.

After thinking it over, the officers realized that this seemed to be the only possible solution at the moment.

So the magistrate sighed and said:

"Alright, but we can't arrest them and let them die in the county government office, at least not in the ivory tower."

Here's what we'll do: you go out and accept this case first, and tell everyone that our department will investigate it as soon as possible and give everyone the truth.

Then arrest the waiter and find a way to disperse the crowd. In short, make any promises or guarantees you can give them.

As long as they can stabilize the situation temporarily, they've given us room to maneuver.

The clerk nodded and said:

"Very well, I will take care of it immediately."

So the young clerk came out with his constables, looked at the agitated crowd, and then said:

"Gentlemen, our government will take this matter very seriously. The officials in the county office have just given me orders to investigate this matter thoroughly."

So please rest assured, give us some time to shut down the servers, and we will definitely give you a very satisfactory answer and get to the bottom of this matter.

The people were still not satisfied with these words, and some immediately spoke up:

"Now that the evidence is conclusive from all sides, and your government has huge problems, it is probably difficult to convince us to believe you with just a few words."

Perhaps, as the waiter said, some of your government officials have also profited from this."

The clerk was not surprised to hear this, and continued:

"It's good that everyone has such a skeptical attitude, but I still want to say that I hope everyone will trust our government. We will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Guards! Arrest the waiter!"

As he spoke, two soldiers seized the waiter and took him into the yamen. Then the clerk looked at Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu and said:

"You two are the victims this time, right? You should go back to the inn first. We need your cooperation when we ask you questions about this case. Only then can we bring the truth to light as soon as possible."

Zhu Yunwen simply smiled and nodded; he already knew in which direction things would develop next.

However, he doesn't plan to intervene for the time being. Instead, he waits for the government to make a determination on the matter before he steps in to refute it.

That's all for now. Although the people had some doubts about the government, there was nothing they could do, since the case still needed to be investigated by the government.

Ultimately, we'll see what conclusions they reach.

Even when Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu were about to leave, some commoners came forward to offer Zhu Yunwen advice.

The gist of it was that Zhu Yunwen was advised to appeal to a higher authority if the outcome of the investigation was unacceptable.

And an old man also said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Young man, the policies are good now, and local officials are subject to supervision from all sides. The imperial court is very strict in its control over local governments."

If they arbitrarily characterize the case and give some random conclusions, making you feel dissatisfied and the conclusions differ from the truth you know, then...

We must go to the higher-level government and make a big deal out of this. Some local officials may have problems, but it's impossible for other officials at a higher level to also have problems.

The vast majority of officials in the Ming Dynasty are good; as long as you are willing and persistent, you will surely be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Zhu Yunwen was very happy. He was happy because the people recognized the Ming Dynasty.

Although this matter may still be related to some corrupt officials, it has made the people believe that under the current conditions and circumstances in the Ming Dynasty, most officials are good.

They even believed that even if local officials had problems, they could still get justice by appealing to higher authorities.

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