"So what if I know you, so what if I don't know you?"

Qian Ruoyu just sneered. To her, the Ministry of Works was not a big government office at all, let alone a small one.

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Works can be said to be the first and lowest-level one. There is almost nothing happening here normally, and it just assigns tasks to its subordinates.

It is precisely because of this that Qian Ruoyu said such a thing. Even if the other party said that he was from the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of War, Qian Ruoyu would not care.

After all, the Ministry of Revenue is now on good terms with him, and he has the upper hand over the Ministry of War, so Qian Ruoyu has no worries at all.

Moreover, these two yamen can actually be said to be the two with the highest status among the six ministries. One is in charge of money and the other is in charge of troops, so naturally they have a superior status.

After hearing her say this, Mr. Liu was even more confused.

He didn't know Qian Ruoyu at all, and didn't know what Qian Ruoyu's identity was. After hearing Qian Ruoyu say this, he immediately said

"You, what do you mean? Tell me which government office you belong to. I told you, I donated money to become a seventh-rank student last year. I am an official appointed by the imperial court!"

After hearing what he said, Qian Ruoyu just laughed.

She had never imagined that he would be so stupid as to say such a thing, so she exposed him on the spot.

"A seventh-rank student is also considered an official appointed by the court? If you tell anyone about it, it will be so ridiculous!"

"Let me tell you, only you local prefects and county magistrates are qualified to be called officials appointed by the imperial court. You just donated a position, a nominal one!"

"Don't say you are a seventh-rank official. Even if you are a first-rank official, you have to bow your head in front of me. Come on, take him down!"

Mr. Liu could never have imagined that Qian Ruoyu was not here to ask him for money this time, but she easily took him down, which shocked Mr. Liu even more.

He said immediately.

"No, no, you can't arrest me! I donated so much money to the court, why are you arresting me!"

Even Jin Lianhua became a little angry when she heard him say this suddenly.

Jin Lianhua glanced at the princess beside her and then immediately spoke to Mr. Liu in front of her.

"How dare you ask why we arrested you? Did you make a mistake? Don't you know it yourself?!"

"You robbed the people of their wealth, seized their land, and left them homeless. You even have the nerve to say that you used the money to donate an official position for yourself. I think you are courting death!"

After suddenly hearing what Jin Lianhua said, Mr. Liu finally understood the significance of Qian Ruoyu and others' visit.

But he just thought about it and immediately said with a smile.

"Oh, it turns out to be such a trivial matter. In that case, why don't you two come with me into the hall and have a couple of cups of tea. I will talk to you in detail and also prepare a small gift for you!"

Qian Ruoyu could tell from his tone that Mr. Liu in front of her obviously wanted to give her money.

But the significance of Qian Ruoyu's trip is not just for a little money. After all, this village was not within the scope of recruitment at the beginning, and the number of people in this village seems to be quite large.

If Mr. Liu could be made to spit out his money, then obviously dozens of brave men could be found among these invaders.

So she said it directly.

"joke!"

"No need to drink tea. I'm here for only one purpose, and that is to make you spit out all the property you took from the people!"

Then she said to several villagers nearby: "Go and call all the villagers over to the largest open space in your village. Let's have a good talk today!"

The villagers, who were originally bandits, naturally nodded one by one at this time. They also saw Qian Ruoyu's tone and naturally knew that she was going to make the decision for them, so their faces became excited.

In just the time it took to stick up an incense stick, the six or seven hundred people in the village had all gathered on an open space at the entrance of the village, and Mr. Liu was even pulled over.

In addition to Mr. Liu, more than a dozen of his servants were also called over.

At this time, these dozen people were surrounded by the guards of the palace, and Mr. Liu didn't dare to move at all.

At this time, Mr. Liu looked back at the people behind him and then looked again. When these hundreds of people gathered together, the villagers suddenly felt a little more fear in their hearts.

After thinking about it, Mr. Liu wanted to say something to Qian Ruoyu who was standing in the middle.

"Female General, you must think carefully. I am not an ordinary person. There are many officials in the six ministries who know me. If you don't want the misunderstanding to get deeper, you'd better ask the ministers in the court for instructions!"

"I am...I am someone sent by the master!"

After hearing these words suddenly, she just laughed.

As expected, I never expected that Mr. Liu in front of me is still so ignorant and said such words. It seems that he has no regrets at all.

Therefore, Qian Ruoyu ignored him and instead spoke to the hundreds of villagers in front of him.

"Villagers, I was originally going to the mountains to suppress bandits, but I never expected that the bandits in the mountains were not bandits at all, but villagers from our village!"

"I am very angry about this matter, so I chose to bring all the villagers to your village to solve this matter thoroughly. In addition to these villagers who had no choice but to go up the mountain to become bandits, there are many more villagers whose property has been robbed by this bully Mr. Liu. Now you can speak out!"

After all, she had dozens of royal-level bandit-suppression troops around her, so everyone believed her words completely and someone quickly stood up.

"I...our family..." a woman came out and said, "Last year Mr. Liu occupied half an acre of our land. He said he was borrowing it from us, but in fact he just robbed us. He has not returned it to us yet, and he doesn't allow us to farm on it!"

Right after she stood up, others stood up one after another.

"It's the same with our family. Last year, they borrowed an acre of land from us! And they haven't returned it to us yet!"

"They occupied part of my house and said it was their warehouse. They also didn't allow us to take things from the warehouse!"

"And our family, Mr. Liu borrowed a cow from us for six months, and he has no intention of returning it! Please give us justice!"