After Tang Youyou finished explaining the matters in the store, she returned to Qingshui County and went straight to the county government office.
"My lord, what's the matter?"
Magistrate Zhang frowned and shook his head. "You're right. That big-toothed man does have a problem, but he's been too cautious and has stayed in the dental clinic."
Tang Youyou's heart skipped a beat, "Sir, have we been exposed? Call someone back quickly!"
Judging from the two conversations with Big Teeth, this person is quite scheming and has an extraordinary ability to read people's expressions.
"No, I've told them to be careful!"
"Sir, be careful and you will never be defeated. In my opinion, we should withdraw all the people first and then deploy troops in several directions out of the city. This will be more appropriate!"
County Magistrate Zhang looked at her in surprise and said, "I'll do as you say."
Big Teeth leaned lazily on his chair and asked, "Did they really withdraw?"
The subordinate respectfully replied, "Sir, they've all left!"
"Hmph... a bunch of ignorant people. Can you find out who they are?"
The subordinate shook his head.
Dabanya felt extremely sarcastic and thought that it was another enemy of King Ping, so he did not take it seriously.
"In two days, you and I will go to the mountain together to give some instructions and bring some silver along!"
Little did he know that none of his actions escaped the eyes and ears of the county magistrate.
"Oh? Send the letter to the government office as fast as you can!" County Magistrate Zhang quickly wrote a letter.
He paced the room anxiously.
The master frowned, "Sir, Prince Ping is a tough nut to crack. If we do this, we will undoubtedly be asking for trouble!"
"Don't talk about anything else. He has evil ambitions, and everyone knows it. Now that the emperor has decided to kill him, his fate will not be good.
I understand your concerns. My original intention as an official was to serve the country. A pest like him must be eliminated, otherwise the court will never have peace!"
When Magistrate Tu received the letter, his brows relaxed, "God is really helping me!"
"Bang!" A dart hit the door frame.
Magistrate Tu was shocked and looked around quickly, but he didn't see anyone. He carefully took the note off the dart and opened it, feeling a surge of shock in his heart.
"Pa pa" with a clap of his hands, a man in black appeared.
"Can you see who it was just now?"
"It's a woman!"
Magistrate Tu handed him the letter and said, "I don't know if the other party is an enemy or a friend. You must go and check this matter yourself."
"Yes, sir!"
County Magistrate Zhang here was like an ant on hot pan.
"It's been three days, why hasn't the prefect replied yet? Could something else have happened?"
The lawyer sat there in silence, and suddenly something occurred to him, "Sir, I feel like there's something wrong with Chief Leng lately?"
"oh?"
"He suddenly caught a cold and has been off work for two days!"
The county magistrate suddenly stopped in his tracks, feeling something was out of control. "We don't have anyone available right now. Send someone to Yueyoufang to notify Lady Tang to come quickly."
Tang Youyou, who was originally leisurely eating cake, sighed and hurried towards the county government office.
"Sir, can you send someone to keep an eye on him?"
"Alas... we don't have enough manpower. The yamen runners have a better relationship with Leng Zhubu!"
Tang Youyou thought for a few breaths before offering a plan, "Sir, as a parent official, you must be very considerate of your subordinates. If you can visit him, I'm sure he will recover soon!"
The county magistrate shook his head and said, "I went there this morning and was told he had tuberculosis!"
"Oh? What a coincidence? This Leng Zhubu is a shrewd person. I'm afraid he knows something from the few words you said.
"Sir, why don't you just kidnap him? If he is really one of Prince Ping's men, I'm afraid our every move has already been discovered!"
County Magistrate Zhang's mouth twitched: "Kidnap? So roughly?"
"Sir, with all due respect, Leng Zhubu was so blatantly corrupt and accepting bribes. Wouldn't it be easy to find two victims?"
Magistrate Zhang looked at his legal advisor, who bowed slightly and hurried out.
In less than an hour, someone struck the drum to report the incident.
"Boom boom boom!" The sound was sonorous and powerful.
"Sir, please make the decision for me..."
A group of people knelt at the gate of the yamen and cried their hearts out.
Tang Youyou stood at the edge and couldn't help but hold her forehead: This acting is so realistic.
The people also whispered.
"What's going on? This is the first time I've seen so many people collectively crying out for justice!"
"I just heard someone say they're suing Leng Zhubu for corruption and exploitation!"
"Oh my god... is it that fierce? These people are blinded by greed. Officials have always protected each other. Aren't they afraid of being punished?"
"Strangely enough, it seems like these people had discussed this beforehand."
"I want to see how the county magistrate will try this case!"
"Hey... just be gentle, it won't hurt. What else can I do? A beating with a cold stick? Or jail?"
There were many different opinions, but when Leng Zhubu was carried in, everyone was surprised.
"Ah... This doesn't look like you're pretending to be sick. Why are you so pale? You can't even walk?"
"Serves him right... He was quite corrupt when County Magistrate Zhou was in power. Otherwise, how would he have gotten that house?"
"Evildoers will be punished by God. Even God can't stand it!"
"Stop looking! Some people say he looks like he has tuberculosis!"
Tang Youyou took in all the words spoken by the crowd and waved at Yingchun, "Do you know those people? Keep a close eye on them!"
Yingchun was confused. Aren’t these the thugs from Qi Ren Ya Xing?
The two of them slowly approached a few thugs and followed the people to try the case for the county magistrate.
"Heh...I told you there's something wrong with this county magistrate!"
"He couldn't find anything. It looks like Leng Zhubu is already dying!"
The four of them whispered to each other, completely unaware that just two sentences would completely expose them.
Yingchun told Tang Youyou what she had heard, and the latter's eyes lit up.
"Let's go, there are too many people!"
When the county magistrate received Tang Youyou's note, his eyes narrowed slightly and he slammed the gavel, "Since Chief Clerk Leng is seriously ill and unable to speak, the case will be re-examined in three days!"
Hurrying back to the backyard, Tang Youyou had been waiting for a long time.
The county magistrate got straight to the point and asked, "Is this true?"
"They must have killed Leng Zhubu when they were monitoring the pawnshop and were afraid that their plan would be exposed!"
The county magistrate frowned, "Alas...just now the doctor said he wouldn't survive more than three days, and now he can't even speak. We've lost a good witness!"
Tang Youyou didn't think so, "Sir, this might not be a bad thing. Once Leng Zhubu dies, I think the other party will definitely let down their guard and leave us a chance!"
"You have a point, but the situation is urgent. We don't have enough troops, and the prefect hasn't sent any troops. I wonder what happened!"
Tang Youyou was also puzzled. Sending troops to seize the mine was urgent, so what could be more important than this?
"Now that things have come to this, we can only wait and see what happens and await the prefect's order!"
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