These are all human nature, and he believes that no official can truly treat everyone equally.
Anyway, he doesn't know how others do it, but he can't do it himself.
There was no need to choose between Zhulin Village and Xingxi Village; he would naturally stand on the side of Xingxi Village.
What's more, he didn't have a very good impression of Zhu Lei. He still remembered that Zhu Lei went to visit the county government office as soon as he took office, and he heard the implicit meaning of his words clearly.
However, he did not agree, nor did he accept the silver note handed over by Zhu Lei. He still remembered that his original intention of coming to Wuning County to be the county magistrate was not to make money.
If it was really for money, he wouldn't have to do this. No matter how badly his father treated him, he would never lack money. Therefore, as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, he would not be short of money.
He directly rejected Zhu Lei, and later asked someone to investigate Zhulin Village and Zhu Lei. It would have been fine if he hadn't investigated, but he was shocked when he did.
He didn't expect that Zhu Lei, just a small village chief, had done so many evil things.
He had wanted to get rid of Zhu Lei since he first came to power, so that he would not harm other people of the Zhou clan anymore. However, he had too many things on his hands, either dealing with the locust plague or finding ways to resettle the victims. He had not yet found the time to deal with Zhu Lei.
He never expected that Zhu Lei would bump into him like this. This time he would definitely take the opportunity to get rid of the guy.
"Zhu Lei, you disregarded the law and led an entire village to rob food from Xingxi Village. Do you acknowledge your crime?"
Zhu Lei, who was crying bitterly, thought that no matter what, the county magistrate would not pursue his fault because he lost his grandson. Instead, he would cause trouble for Xingxi Village and ask Xingxi Village to compensate him.
If he was given compensation, he was not a greedy person. As long as Lord Yang ordered him to move the grain away, he would not care about his grandson's death, would not hold his grandson's life accountable to Xingqi Village, and would not use this matter as an excuse for revenge in the future.
He also thought that since the grain was compensation given by Xingying Village for the death of his grandson, should the silver be returned?
No matter what, it is forty taels of silver, a considerable sum of money. How can it be given to Xingying Village for nothing?
Just as he was thinking about getting the food, he would present it to the King of Chen, and thus catch the King of Chen's eye. Glory and wealth were just around the corner.
Thinking about the wonderful life in the future, Zhu Lei no longer had the heart to cry.
But he knew in his heart that if he wanted to realize his dream and live a rich life in the future, he had to insist that his grandson was killed by Xingying Village.
He couldn't stop crying either. Only when he was sad enough and cried painfully enough could he arouse other people's sympathy, make others stand on his side and speak well of him.
It's just that the thoughts in his mind were beautiful, and the reality was indeed cruel. When he heard what Yang Zhijin said, he was stunned.
What? He brought an entire village to Xingyi Village to rob food.
How could he have robbed food? He gave him silver. That was buying, not robbing.
But he knew that there was a huge difference between robbing and buying, and he couldn't admit it.
"Master Yang, I'm wronged. I didn't do that."
"Oh, who are these people? Do you know them?"
Yang Zhijin pointed at the villagers who put the food in front of them, fearing that others would snatch it away. Zhu Lei looked up and saw that there was no way he didn't recognize them. They were all from Zhulin Village.
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