Chapter 130 We didn't wrong him.
Seeing his advisor faint, Yuan Shijie's face turned bright red.
"You, you get up right now!"
Seeing this, Luo Hao stepped forward and slapped the advisor across the face, forcibly waking him up.
"Don't think you can escape punishment by faking unconsciousness! Guards, arrest him immediately!"
With the help of the people, Luo Qing and others finally tied up Yuan Shijie and his advisor.
Meanwhile, Yuan Hongyang was leading his men in a search and capture operation.
Yesterday, he only briefly encountered the person who suddenly appeared in the courtyard.
Perhaps he was too panicked, for he did not recognize for a moment that the two people were Yun Zhao and Xu Yiyan, uncle and nephew.
By the time he received the news and rushed over, the people had already surrounded the government office.
"The corrupt official is here!"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted something, and then a rotten vegetable leaf was thrown out from the crowd!
In an instant, the crowd surged with emotion, and the people threw whatever they could find in their hands!
Yuan Hongyang was so angry that he started cursing.
"Stop right now! Attacking an official of the imperial court is a serious crime! Believe me or not, I will punish you!"
This only further enraged the people!
Someone picked up a stone and started throwing it forward without any regard for anything else!
Luo Qing and his group ignored them completely when they came out of the county government office.
He stood by and watched until they were smashed and bleeding from their heads before he led his men out.
The official banged on the gong and drum, shouting, "Everyone, don't get agitated! When Magistrate Yang arrives, he will take care of things for you!"
Yuan Hongyang was beaten until his head was bleeding. He covered his forehead and roared, "Luo Qing, so it was you who were behind this! You incited the people to attack officials of the imperial court. What is your punishment?"
Luo Qing sneered, "Official Yuan, I think you'd better take care of yourself first! Have you found your official seal?"
Yuan Hongyang's face stiffened, and he quickly concealed his panic, retorting, "What nonsense are you talking about? My official seal is naturally in my hands!"
Seeing that he was still being stubborn, Luo Qing opened the box containing the official seal in front of the people and in full view of everyone.
"Since Lord Yuan says that your official seal is in your possession, then this official seal must have been forged by your son?"
Luo's gloating expression was truly infuriating.
Yuan Hongyang saw clearly that the official seal in his hand was his own, and his face instantly turned extremely ugly!
Did he search for his son for a whole day and night without finding him, only to be captured by them instead?
He steadied himself: "The wicked accuse first, how absurd! Luo Qing, I will consider that you are officials from the Court of Judicial Review..."
That's why I'm giving you a chance to return the herbs you've embezzled. How dare you steal my official seal!
They even tried to shift the blame onto my son! How utterly audacious!
Luo Qing was naturally surprised that he would make such a sophistry, and he laughed in anger.
"You can still argue like this in front of us. Let's see if you can still be so calm and composed in front of Magistrate Yang and blatantly lie!"
"What Lord Yang?"
He asked, frowning.
"It's Lord Yang from Yangguan County, of course!"
An County was under the jurisdiction of Yangguan County. Although both were county governments, he was only the magistrate of a subordinate county of Yangguan County.
It is indeed under the jurisdiction of Yangguan County.
He asked the officer beside him in a low voice.
Where is Master Li?
"Reporting to your lord, Master Li led a team out to look for the young master yesterday, but they haven't returned yet!"
Yuan Hongyang's face immediately darkened.
"A bunch of useless trash!"
Luo Qing vaguely heard them mention the word "advisor," and he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.
He said loudly, "Is Lord Yuan looking for your advisor? I know where he is!"
Yuan Hongyang immediately sensed something was wrong.
The next moment, the people outside the government office burst into laughter.
"Lord Yuan can't find his son and his advisor? Of course not, those two have been having an affair!"
Yuan Hongyang rebuked him sternly: "Don't push your luck! Without any evidence, how can you pin such a crime on my son!"
Luo Qing laughed and said, "Lord Yuan, we are not wronging your son. He was drunk last night."
He was caught in the act of having an affair with his advisor in the street, witnessed by many people!
"Yes, Lord Yuan, we did not wrong him!"
Others echoed this sentiment.
Yuan Hongyang had initially thought it was just the escorting officials causing trouble, but now it seemed that ordinary people were also involved.
When the people learned of this, things changed.
The officer beside him hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Sir, what should we do?"
Yuan Hongyang was thinking frantically. If the magistrate of Yangguan County really came, the charge of "losing the official seal" would be enough to kill him!
He has to do something to salvage the situation.
His gaze swept back and forth between Luo Qing and the others, and he suddenly smiled.
"Brother Luo, how about we go inside and discuss this further?"
There was no prior grudge between them; the only problem was that he hadn't stamped the documents yesterday to let them leave.
Yuan Hongyang thought to himself that Luo Qing would definitely not want to fall out with him.
As expected, Luo Qing immediately agreed.
The group returned to the main hall of the county government office. Yuan Hongyang straightened his expression and looked at Luo Qing, saying, "Brother Luo, even if Magistrate Yang were here, this matter..."
He also needs to verify it for a while. Wouldn't that delay your journey? Look, I'll stamp your clearance documents right now.
"We'll let you go. We have no past grudges. I only intend to retrieve the official seal and then let you go. We'll consider this matter settled, how about it?"
Luo Qing had no intention of doing anything to Yuan Hongyang, but now the matter had involved the common people.
Moreover, Magistrate Yang is already on his way here. If he colludes with Yuan Hongyang now, he will inevitably offend Magistrate Yang.
Wei Jingchen had told him about this Magistrate Yang last night.
The Chancellor of the Imperial Academy was his mentor, and he deserves the most credit for Magistrate Yang's handling of the plague in Yangguan County.
I'm afraid that once the Grand Tutor returns to the capital, he will be transferred to a post there.
The Yuan Hongyang in front of them was just a minor subordinate county magistrate.
Public resentment was boiling over; things had come to this point, and he couldn't possibly agree.
Seeing Luo Qing's expression change repeatedly, yet he showed no sign of backing down.
Yuan Hongyang immediately had a bad feeling.
"Brother Luo, what are your thoughts?"
“Lord Yuan, I advise you to think about how to explain this to Magistrate Yang.”
Yuan Hongyang's face turned ugly.
"So, you're planning to refuse a polite offer and then suffer the consequences, right?"
Luo Qing frowned and sneered, "I wonder what Lord Yuan's intention is in saying this?"
This was something you yourselves did wrong, and so openly and blatantly at that.
"If the people also know about this, I'm just a lowly escort officer from the Dali Temple; I'm afraid I can't be of much help to you, sir."
Yuan Hongyang sneered, took a few steps back, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Since that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless! Guards, the officers from the Court of Judicial Review are trying to seize my official seal and murder an official of the court. Execute them on the spot!"
Luo Qing's heart skipped a beat, and he shouted angrily, "Yuan Hongyang, are you crazy? We are, after all, officials from the Dali Temple!"
Yuan Hongyang did not respond. His officers immediately drew their swords and rushed forward, surrounding them completely!
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