This scene was also witnessed by Zhu Yunwen.
He squinted and whispered:
"It seems that this seventh-rank judge and that county magistrate don't get along very well. But that makes sense, since this county not only has its own county government staff, but also its own prefectural government staff."
Both of these departments were located in the same county, which inevitably led to some conflicts. To make matters worse, both the prefectural magistrate and the judicial officer were seventh-rank officials.
One holds the most judicial power in the prefecture, and the other has the greatest administrative power in the county. These two people must have many conflicts on a regular basis.
Zhao Qingzhu looked at Zhu Yuntong and said:
Do you have any thoughts?
Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly and said:
"I don't want to reveal my identity, so I can use their internal conflicts to deal with them. Actually, it's quite frustrating to have to reveal my identity every time to solve some problems."
It seems these guys were only dealt with because of my powerful position. Perhaps we should try some underhanded tactics this time too.
Zhao Qingzhu immediately became expectant, wanting to know what tricks the Crown Prince was planning to play.
It was getting late, so Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu went to find a place to eat. Unexpectedly, halfway through their meal, constables from the yamen came over, looking at each person's face as if they were searching for someone.
However, their search was fruitless, as they had seen that Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yuntong had disguised their distinctive features.
Therefore, their characteristics did not match those of the man and woman they were looking for, as they knew them.
Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu got away with it, smiling without saying a word, and returned to the inn.
Meanwhile, at the same time, in the county government compound, the young lady whose head had been beaten into a pig's head was lying in her boudoir, being served by several people.
She was in a bad mood at the moment because she still hadn't found the person she was looking for.
Sitting on the chair next to him was a middle-aged, overweight man, who was Magistrate Zhao of the county.
His face darkened, and he looked down at the head constable and said:
"You can't even handle such a small thing, what use are you? There are only two of you, do you think you can fly around in this county? I'll give you another day or two, if you still can't find someone, you can quit."
The constable was also in a real bind and had no choice but to leave to search for it.
Then the magistrate looked at a constable beside him and said:
"Is Magistrate Zhang unwilling to help?"
The constable spoke with some fear:
"Sir, not only is he unwilling to help, he even said that he's not your subordinate, so why should he take your orders..."
Magistrate Zhao clenched his fists in anger and said:
"It seems that this Magistrate Zhang is truly unwilling to mend our already strained relationship. Oh well, if he's unwilling to help, I don't need to rely on him."
In that case, send more people to continue the investigation; you must find those two guys for me.
Furthermore, since this Magistrate Zhang showed me so little respect by openly saying such things, I have to teach him a lesson.
He needs to understand that although he is an official in the government, he is ultimately only responsible for the judicial aspect.
Although I'm only a county-level official, I'm the highest-ranking official in the entire county. Even if it's a subordinate county, so what?
As he spoke, Magistrate Zhao stood up, flicked his sleeve, and turned to leave.
The young lady lying on the bed also spoke through gritted teeth:
"Listen to me carefully, you must find those two guys who hit me, and I will tear them to pieces."
Meanwhile, after the judge left the court, he sent a trusted man to the woman's land, where they actually dug up ten taels of silver.
This ten taels of silver was clearly not obtained by chance; it must have been buried by the woman beforehand.
It's just a way to bribe people.
Having accepted the money, Magistrate Zhang naturally intended to handle the matter perfectly.
But Judge Zhang also understood that the young man who had openly nitpicked him and caused him trouble in court before could not be allowed to appear again.
Otherwise, if they stand up and say something nonsensical during the trial the next day, that would be very bad.
Thinking of this, Magistrate Zhang ordered one of his trusted subordinates to find Zhu Yuntong, intending to beat him up and, ideally, drive him out of the county.
Once this guy is gone, nitpicking and causing trouble in court, then I doubt anyone else will dare to speak out and spread rumors.
Therefore, when Judge Zhang continued to hear the case, he had a lot of room to maneuver.
Although Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu had disguised themselves, they still appeared in court after their disguises were recognized by Magistrate Zhang and his men.
Therefore, although no one knew who the man and woman who beat the young lady were, Zhang's subordinates knew who the young man who challenged Zhang in court was.
So they quickly found the inn and then barged into Zhu Yunwen's room.
Fortunately, Zhu Yunwen was sitting at the table drinking tea, and he was somewhat bewildered by the sudden intrusion of Zhang Tuiguan's subordinate into the room.
He then began to speak:
"Who are you? Why have you barged into my room without permission?"
The subordinate of Magistrate Zhang was a burly man with a full beard.
The bearded man sneered and said:
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