After leaving the inn, Yu Zhong ordered his men to send the events here and the compiled confessions to the capital by express horse. He only took three people away as witnesses and dealt with the rest.

The group split into two groups. One group took witnesses to Xuzhou Prefecture, met with the Xuzhou prefect, and informed him of what had happened there.

Yu Zhongze took a subordinate and Xie Xunsu Juan to the county government office to continue looking for the whereabouts of Liu Miaoqing and others and the disaster relief silver, and to be careful that the magistrate of He County would destroy all physical evidence after learning about the inn.

When we arrived at the county government office, we could still see many disaster victims sitting on the road in front, but because they had been driven away, they did not dare to get close.

They had just taken two steps towards the gate of the county government when they were stopped by the guards. "What are you doing? Do you think you can just enter the county government without permission?"

Looking at the ferocious-looking yamen runner in front of him, Xie Xun rolled his eyes in his heart. It was the first time that someone showed off his power to him, Young Master Xie.

Yu Zhong said in a deep voice, "I have a murder case to report, please let me know."

The two yamen runners looked at each other and said angrily, "Aren't there enough people dying now? The county magistrate has no time to deal with you!"

The other one was even more arrogant. He looked them up and down and saw that they were wearing ordinary cloth clothes. He sneered, "You smell so poor. Did your mother die or your wife and children die?"

Su Juan looked at Yu Zhong and knew that he was testing her again.

If I reveal my identity directly, these people will definitely put on a fawning face. If I don't hide my identity, how can I see clearly what kind of people are in the county government of He County?

Yu Zhong was still not annoyed, and took out the petition from his pocket, "I hope you can help pass the petition to me, thank you very much."

The petition was handed out, and the leading yamen runner took it, glanced at it, and stretched out his hand to Yu Zhong.

Several people were confused: "?"

Seeing the people in front of him acting like wooden, the yamen runner spat and shouted at them, "Give me money! Don't you have to pay for doing the job?!"

Yu Zhong frowned, "Just handing over a petition, but I have to pay for it?"

The yamen runner sneered, "In our Xuzhou area, where can we get services for free?"

Su Juan was not surprised. Since Xuzhou was so remote, some officials felt that the emperor was far away and allowed their subordinates to collect fees for doing things, such as submitting petitions and entering the county government. Some corrupt officials would even make false judgments and wrongly convict people, and even lock up the people who reported the cases, waiting for others to send money to redeem them.

In this way, the poor would not dare to report crimes, not even small matters. With no cases to investigate, there would naturally be fewer memorials submitted to the capital from the local areas. The emperor would also think that these places were well governed and the government was in good order.

There are also many scholars who, after being determined, would spend a few years in these places, and then be transferred back to Beijing by people they are familiar with in the court for promotion, using this as a stepping stone. Naturally, they would not sincerely work for the common people.

Even though the emperor had made many changes to policies in an attempt to punish these corrupt officials, there were many people in the court who deceived their superiors and subordinates.

The more Su Juan understood these things, the more she realized that in this era when all information was transmitted by manpower and horsepower, the sky was really high and the emperor was really far away, and he could not take care of it at all.

But it was also the first time that she saw these scenes so vividly, which had only appeared in the documents before: the terrible disaster, cannibalism, corrupt officials,

If only someone could do more, the bad situation would be better.

Just as Su Juan was thinking, the yamen runners saw that there was no money and started to drive them away. The complaint was thrown on the ground and they cursed at the four people, "Why report a case without money? Do you think the county government is your home? You can come whenever you want!?"

"Get out! Get out now!"

Yu Zhong glanced at his subordinates next to him, who understood what he meant and started to beat him. Xie Xun at the side also followed suit. The few yamen runners were good-for-nothings and had no real skills, so they were no match for him. They were knocked to the ground and wailed in a few seconds. One of them even crawled into the county government office to file a complaint.

The group of four broke into the county government office and beat down any bailiffs who blocked their way.

Xie Xun became more and more excited as he fought, finding it extremely thrilling. This kind of plot only existed in storybooks, and following Su Juan, there was bound to be excitement.

Magistrate Dong of He County, who was sitting with his legs crossed and looking at a jade statue, was so angry when he heard that someone was making trouble that he rushed out with his men without even putting down the jade statue. In the court, he ran into Su Juan and her four companions.

&t;div tentadv>"How dare you guys cause trouble in the county government office! Come here, arrest them all!"

"Where's Liang Fei! Hurry up and get him to come in. How dare you let these messy people in? Don't you want to do this anymore?"

Magistrate Dong shouted twice, but no one showed up.

The chief clerk of He County said: "Sir, Liang Fei and his men were all defeated by these people."

At this moment, no one can stop these people.

County Magistrate Dong pulled the County Chief Clerk forward and said, "Catch him now!"

The chief clerk of He County was trembling. He was very scared when he saw the big knife on the man's waist. He was so scared that he tripped himself and fell to the ground.

Xie Xun, who was about to take action, said: ""

You are even more useless than me.

County Magistrate Dong was furious, but he didn't dare to step forward. He pointed at the men and asked, "How many heads do you have to lose for trespassing into the government office?"

Yu Zhong said coldly, "The county government accepted the money for the lawsuit. How many heads do you have left, County Magistrate Dong?"

County Magistrate Dong didn't take it seriously when he heard it. He sneered, "The yamen is open. If you have a reason but no money, don't come in."

"Without the money for the lawsuit, who will do the work? Did the county government just open it to you to do hard labor?"

Even Su Juan laughed when she heard it.

Yu Zhong frowned. He had been to other places before. Xuzhou was a bit remote compared to the other places. It was also his first time here. He really didn't expect it to be like this.

Magistrate Dong stared at the few people. At this time, the yamen runner who had been knocked down earlier was already crawling over.

He felt that with the strength of numbers, he was still worried that he could not capture the four children. He immediately became more confident, "Hurry up and capture these four daring people for me!"

Everyone clenched their fists, but no one dared to rush forward. After all, the places where they were hit were still painful, and they might even have broken bones.

Yu Zhong's subordinates immediately took out the imperial edict and official seal that they had prepared long ago, "How dare you! The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple are handling the case. Your Majesty's imperial edict is here. Who dares to disobey the emperor!?"

The county magistrate was steady and stepped forward to check. After confirming, he was the first to kneel on the ground and said, "Your humble servant and the county magistrate pay homage to His Majesty! Pay homage to the superior official!"

County Magistrate Dong was sweating profusely, wondering why people from the Ministry of Justice in Beijing would come to He County!

"Your humble servant greets His Majesty."

The people in the county government looked at each other, not knowing what kind of official position the Dali Temple held but seeing that it was a rather large one, they all knelt down, trembling and not daring to raise their heads.

Su Juan had sharp eyes. When she saw the jade statue in the county magistrate's hand, she clicked her tongue twice. The disaster in Xuzhou was serious. County Magistrate Dong must be quite rich. The small statue in his hand could buy him a decent house in the county.

Immediately, the other three also looked over. The small statue was obviously of great value from its material.

Yu Zhong remembered that County Magistrate Dong was not from a wealthy family and his salary was barely enough for his food, clothing, housing and transportation. It seemed that he did have a lot of dirty money in his hands.

He sneered, "County Magistrate Dong, the little statue in your hand looks pretty good. Did it cost you a lot of money?"