Lord Niu wanted them to pay up on the spot, but the clerk who had been frowning all along sighed.
"My lord, please don't push us too hard."
"Moreover, they are people who have imperial orders to carry out their duties."
Lord Niu rolled his eyes and agreed.
Then the group was imprisoned, and Ma Dazhuang felt somewhat melancholy.
"I never imagined that I would end up in jail one day, especially for a crime I never committed."
He had served as an official for a long time and had seen many cases of torture and false accusations, but this was the first time that such a case had actually happened to him.
Mu Wanting wanted to find out what that picture of a cheetah descending the mountain was.
After everyone fell asleep, she hid herself with straw and then teleported to Lord Niu's house.
After searching for a short while, I found it in the study.
She laughed. People would believe this painting was drawn by a three-year-old; this is truly a case of false accusation.
If she were to take this picture out now, the county government office would be full of his people, and they could say whatever they wanted.
They might actually accuse her of theft. If she doesn't hand it over, it's considered refusing to return stolen goods.
Keeping a magistrate like that around is just asking for trouble.
It would be better to...
Mu Wanting secretly sneaked into his room, put some poison in the teapot, and then silently slipped into his storeroom.
Once she got there, she realized just how corrupt this official was.
It was just a small county town, yet his warehouse was piled high with grain, and his treasury was stacked as high as a small mountain.
And all of this comes from the hard-earned money of the people.
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