We Agreed that You, a Weak Strategist, Would Fight Against Three Heroes by Yourself?

Chapter 797 Meeting with the County Magistrate

Xi Yu lowered his voice and asked, "Let me ask you, what do you think of your shopkeeper?"

When the waiter heard this, his face immediately lit up with a smile, and he said hurriedly: "Sir, our shopkeeper is a very nice person! He is kind and he is never harsh towards us guys."

Xi Yu frowned slightly, a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes, and said, "Are you trying to coax me? I think you're not telling the truth."

When the waiter heard this, he waved his hands anxiously and said sincerely: "Sir, everything I said is true. It is really the truth!"

Xi Yu stared at the waiter for a moment, and saw that he had a determined look on his face, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After a while, Xi Yu stood up and said, "I'm going to the toilet." After that, he hurriedly left.

The waiter looked at Xiyu for a moment and said nothing.

As soon as the shopkeeper Ma Pingchang stepped into the inn, a majestic aura hit his face.

He is tall and tall, wearing a navy blue robe.

His face was as sharp as a knife.

Under the high bridge of his nose, a thin lip was slightly pursed.

The waiter bent his waist and whispered in the ear of the shopkeeper Ma Pingchang: "Shopkeeper, there is a customer who came to our shop yesterday. He showed up again today and is waiting for you."

The shopkeeper frowned and looked sharply at the waiter.

"Who is it? Where is he?"

The waiter said hurriedly: "The shopkeeper is a young man. He looks handsome, but he has a mysterious air. He said he went to the toilet at the moment."

Shopkeeper Ma Pingchang frowned slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "Is it so strange? Did you tell me why you wanted to see me?"

The waiter shook his head: "No, I just wanted to see you."

At this time, Xi Yu walked back from the toilet direction unhurriedly.

The waiter pointed at Xi Yu and said to the shopkeeper Ma Pingchang: "The shopkeeper is this guest."

Ma Pingchang looked Xi Yu up and down, then clasped his fists, with a bit of doubt and vigilance on his face: "This friend, I am Ma Pingchang, the shopkeeper. The waiter said that you came yesterday and came again today, and you came specifically to see me. I don't know why. thing?"

Xi Yu smiled slightly, clasping his fists in return, but his eyes were as sharp as a falcon: "Shopkeeper Ma, I have long admired you. I came here for a secret matter from the old year, which is related to the lives and fortunes of many people, and you, the shopkeeper, seem to be responsible for this secret matter. Key Person."

A trace of imperceptible panic flashed in Ma Pingchang's eyes, but he regained his composure instantly.

"Friend, I don't understand what you're saying. I'm just an innkeeper. I welcome people and drop them off on weekdays. I wonder where the secrets you mentioned come from?"

Xi Yu looked at Ma Pingchang with piercing eyes. He stopped beating around the bush and said straight to the point: "Shopkeeper Ma, I won't beat around the bush with you. I'm here this time for Sun Qiu Shui. You once planned to put her in jail. I want to know the truth."

When Ma Pingchang heard this, his face suddenly changed. His originally calm face turned pale. A trace of panic and fear flashed in his eyes. His lips trembled slightly: "You...who are you?"

The waiter was confused when he heard this, but when he saw the shopkeeper's expression was wrong and Xi Yu was in a menacing manner, he felt that Xi Yu had come with bad intentions.

He frowned, took a step forward, pointed at Xi Yu and said harshly: "Don't talk nonsense here. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I won't let you go!"

Xi Yu was not afraid at all. He just looked at Ma Pingchang coldly, his eyes as firm as a rock.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that you must tell the truth about that year. Otherwise, even if you hide in this inn, you won't have peace."

The atmosphere in the entire inn suddenly became tense, as if the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Ma Pingchang sneered, a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes.

"Hmph, ten years ago, that Sun Qiushui worked in my shop. I thought of her as one of my own, but what about her? She actually did something as despicable as stealing. The thing is that simple, she committed the crime She deserves to be punished and go to jail."

Xi Yu's eyes became colder and colder, like a cold pool in winter. He stared at Ma Pingchang closely, without any warmth in his voice: "Shopkeeper Ma, do you really think I don't know anything? I advise you to tell the truth, otherwise, the consequences will be dire. You can bear it.”

The corner of Ma Pingchang's mouth twitched slightly, but he still frowned.

"What I'm telling you is the truth. Don't bother with it."

The waiter was a little at a loss. He looked at the shopkeeper and then at Xi Yu, feeling that a storm was coming.

At this time, Ma Pingchang quietly winked at the waiter.

So, the waiter understood the situation, gritted his teeth, shouted loudly, and rushed towards Xi Yu. His casserole-sized fists hit Xi Yu with the sound of wind.

Xi Yu sneered, with no fear in his eyes. He ducked and easily dodged the punch, and then started a fierce fight with the waiter.

Xiyu is very skilled and every move is extremely sharp, making him indistinguishable from the waiter in the shop.

At the same time, he let out a soft whistle.

In an instant, several black shadows emerged from various hidden corners of the inn. They were none other than Xi Yu's well-trained secret guards.

They rushed towards Ma Pingchang like ghosts, and before Ma Pingchang could react, they had already firmly controlled him.

Ma Pingchang's eyes widened with horror on his face. He never thought that Xi Yu had such a skill.

Ma Pingchang was restrained by the secret guard and could not move. His eyes were filled with fear and anger: "You...who are you? How dare you run wild on my territory!"

While fighting with the waiter, Xi Yu said in a cold voice: "Hmph, it doesn't matter who I am, what's important is that you have to pay the price for your evil deeds. Sun Qiu Shui didn't steal anything back then, it was you who framed her, right? ?”

Ma Pingchang's face turned pale, but he was still quibbling.

"You...you are so slanderous!"

Xi Yu locked the waiter with his backhand, threw him aside with a strong flick, and then slowly walked towards Ma Pingchang. The coldness in his eyes seemed to make the surrounding temperature drop a bit.

"I already have enough evidence, your little tricks can't fool me.

Xi Yu winked at the secret guards. The secret guards understood and escorted Ma Pingchang to the backyard of the inn.

There is a hidden cellar there, a good place for interrogation.

The waiter was so frightened as he watched the shopkeeper being taken away.

He knelt down in front of Xi Yu with a plop, kowtowed as if pounding garlic, and said in a trembling voice.

"Sir, what the shopkeeper does has nothing to do with me! I'm just an errand boy, I don't know anything!"

Xi Yu looked down at the waiter with scrutiny in his eyes.

"Oh? It really has nothing to do with you? Then why did you attack me just now? Why did you want to help others do evil?"

The waiter looked sad: "I... I thought you were here to cause trouble. The shopkeeper is kind to me, and I just want to protect him. Who knew he... he really did something bad!"

Xi Yu frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "I hope you are telling the truth. If I find out that you are hiding something, huh, you will end up like him."

"Sir, I really didn't lie to you! I have been in this shop for a long time and I have heard some scandals about the shopkeeper. He is a very womanizing person. Once when he was drunk, he saw a beautiful female family member resting in the inn, and he became lustful. When he got older, he went to tease her with his hands and feet. The female family members were not easy to mess with, and the guards around her hugged her. Then I beat the shopkeeper until his nose was black and his face was swollen. I knew in my heart that the shopkeeper was not a good person, but what could I do? I had no skills and no land, so I had to work here every day. I really didn’t get involved in those bad things, you have a lot of them, please spare me!”

Xi Yu sneered and looked in the direction where the secret guard left.

"Huh, now we can only wait for the results of the interrogation. If Ma Pingchang tells the truth, he might be able to suffer less."

The waiter was still kneeling on the ground, begging for mercy.

"Guest, please spare me. I have an old man and a young man, and it's all up to me to earn some money in this inn."

Xi Yu looked down at him, his expression softening slightly.

"You don't have to be so panicked. I don't kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as you are true to what you said and have never participated in Ma Pingchang's bad deeds, I will naturally not do anything to you. But if you let me know that you are lying, don't blame me. ruthless."

The waiter nodded quickly.

"I swear that everything I said is true and I will never hide anything."

Xi Yu ignored him and found a seat to sit down, quietly waiting for news from the secret guard, while the waiter sat slumped aside, not daring to express his anger.

Time passed slowly in this tense atmosphere, and the waiter huddled in the corner, peeking at Xiyu who was sitting quietly from time to time.

Xi Yu's expression was as cold as an iceberg, making people afraid to approach him.

The secret guards roughly pushed Ma Pingchang into a dark cellar and slammed the door.

Ma Pingchang staggered a few steps before he stood up. His eyes were full of anger and confusion. He turned around and shouted at the secret guards: "What are you doing? I, Ma Pingchang, have been running the business in this town for many years. I have done my duty and have not done anything bad. , why do you treat me like this?”

The leading secret guard looked at him coldly and said in a low voice: "Our master will not attack people casually. If we didn't have evidence of your evil deeds, how could we arrest you? You'd better tell the truth."

Ma Pingchang frowned, looking stubborn. "I have nothing to explain, you are wronging a good person!"

At first, no matter how threatened the secret guards were, he refused to admit it.

Seeing how stubborn he was, the secret guards looked at each other and began to use their methods.

The various punishments made Ma Pingchang extremely painful. Veins popped up on his forehead and he was sweating like rain.

Under endless pain, he finally collapsed.

"I say, I say!" Ma Pingchang gasped, his eyes full of horror, "Ten years ago, I did frame Sun Qiushui. I saw her beauty, molested her many times, and even hinted that she would only obey me. ,At once I was able to enjoy the glory and wealth in the store, but that girl was ignorant and would never obey me. She was so angry that I framed her for stealing and put her in jail to get rid of my bad mood. "

The secret guard stared at Ma Pingchang with sharp eyes and a cold voice.

"Besides Sun Qiushui, have you done any other bad things? Don't try to hide it, otherwise you will suffer."

Ma Pingchang showed hesitation, but under the gaze of the secret guard, he finally spoke: "I...I have also harmed other girls. They are all afraid of making their family scandal public, so they can only swallow their anger and dare not speak out."

When the secret guard heard this, his eyes burned with anger. He stepped forward and slapped Ma Pingchang hard several times. The crisp slaps echoed in the room.

"You beast!" the secret guard yelled angrily.

Later, they escorted Ma Pingchang to see Xi Yu.

When Ma Pingchang was escorted in front of Xi Yu, his face was full of embarrassment and there was blood on the corner of his mouth.

The secret guard informed Xi Yu in detail about the relevant information revealed during the interrogation. Xi Yu's face became increasingly gloomy, and there seemed to be anger burning in his eyes.

"Ma Pingchang, you are such a scoundrel, you are so unjust!" Xi Yu scolded angrily, his voice echoing in the inn like thunder.

The secret guard kicked Ma Pingchang in the knee and shouted.

"Don't kneel down!"

Ma Pingchang knelt on the ground with a "thump". A trace of fear and doubt flashed in his eyes. He looked up and asked, "Who... who are you?"

Xi Yu snorted coldly and took out a token from his arms. The token flashed with a majestic light.

"I am the prime minister. You, a treacherous villain, have committed such a sin and still want to escape?"

When Ma Pingchang heard the word "prime minister", he was frightened and his face turned pale. He trembled all over and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Prime Minister, spare my life, Prime Minister, spare my life!" The waiter on the side was also shocked. He never thought that the guest in front of him was the prime minister. He knelt down again in a hurry, not daring to raise his head.

The inn was dead silent, with only the sound of Ma Pingchang knelt and begged for mercy.

Xi Yu stared at Ma Pingchang with a sharp gaze, and asked in a dignified tone: "Hmph, did you collude with the county magistrate who was in charge of the Sun Qiushui case back then?"

Ma Pingchang shuddered, knowing that he could no longer hide it, and nodded quickly.

"Yes... yes. In order to ensure that Sun Qiushui could be successfully framed and imprisoned, I gave the county magistrate a lot of gold and silver treasures. He took the money and convicted Sun Qiushui according to my wishes."

Xi Yu frowned, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Tell me the details of your bribery."

Ma Pingchang did not dare to disobey, and told the time, place, amount and other things of the bribery one by one.

Xi Yu asked again: "Is the county magistrate still in office now?" Ma Pingchang replied: "Yes, sir."

Xi Yu thought for a moment and gave the order immediately.

"Secret guards, keep Ma Pingchang under strict supervision in this inn, and don't let anything go wrong. I'll go find the county magistrate and see if he dares to tell the truth."

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left the inn with a majestic aura.

The secret guards received the order and immediately took Ma Pingchang away.

The waiter was trembling with fear, not daring to breathe, and the whole inn was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.

Ma Pingchang looked at Xi Yu's figure about to leave, his face full of fear, and his body trembled involuntarily.

He shouted: "Prime Minister, then...then what kind of punishment will I receive? Will I be beheaded?"

Xi Yu stopped, turned sideways, and glanced at him coldly.

"Humph, are you scared now? Wait here first, and I will decide how to deal with you after I see the county magistrate and come back."

After saying that, he ignored Ma Pingchang and strode out of the inn.

Ma Pingchang collapsed to the ground, his face ashen, and he kept muttering: "It's over, it's over..."

His eyes were full of despair, and the waiter was trembling beside him, hoping that this storm would be settled soon and not affect him.

In the courtyard of Sun Qiushui's house, Sun Qiushui and Madam Mingyue were sitting at the stone table, talking about interesting things in recent days, trying to forget the pain in the past.

At this time, a villager hurried over with a bit of worry on his face.

"Mingyue, Miss Qiushui, I just heard something. It is said that the prime minister came to our place. Do you think this prime minister is a fake?"

The villagers frowned, their eyes full of doubts, "Before, in a village, a woman spread the word that she was in love with the prime minister. Later, we found out that the prime minister was a fake. It was a big joke and caused a lot of trouble."

Mrs. Mingyue frowned slightly, then smiled, looked at the villagers and said, "Thank you for telling me, but don't worry, this prime minister is real and there is no mistake."

The villagers still had some doubts after hearing this, but seeing that Mrs. Mingyue was so sure, they didn't say anything more, so they said goodbye and left.

Soon, Xiyu came to the county government with a majestic aura.

At the gate of the county government, two yamen runners were leaning against the wall and chatting, occasionally laughing, and their appearance was completely without the seriousness that a person on duty should have.

Xi Yu frowned, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. He was extremely dissatisfied with this dereliction of duty, but he still held back and did not explode on the spot.

He stepped forward and said in a low and powerful voice: "I want to see the county magistrate."

The two yamen runners stopped chatting and looked Xi Yu up and down. Seeing that he was dressed in an extraordinary way, but they did not know him, one of the yamen runners asked lazily: "Who are you? What do you want to see the county magistrate for?"

"Don't bother me."

"It's ridiculous. Who are you? If you want to see the county magistrate, you have to beat the drum to complain, otherwise, how can you see him?"

Xi Yu had an impulse to reveal his identity.

Suddenly he felt that it was not time yet, so he said: "Okay, in this case, I will meet him in this way."

So he went to the big drum on the side.

Xi Yu finally beat the drum.

The county magistrate was in the backyard, letting his concubine massage his shoulders. Hearing the sound, he felt very angry.

"It's really a bummer. Who the hell is this ignorant?" County magistrate Han Chong said viciously.

The concubine was also reluctant, so she had to let go.

Han Chong rushed into the county government office and stretched himself.

He didn't sleep well last night, and someone beat the drum today, it's really unreasonable!

Xi Yu entered quickly.

Han Chong slammed the table and asked him who he was, and then asked Xi Yu why he didn't kneel down?

"It doesn't matter who I am. If I kneel down, you can't afford it." Xi Yu sneered.

"You bold lunatic, you actually said that, you deserve to die, do you believe that this county will beat you up?"

Han Chong was really angry, no one had ever treated him like this before!

"I told you that you can't afford it. You'd better not ask me about my identity. Let's talk about business."

Han Chong wanted to say something, but when he saw Xi Yu's sharp eyes, he was actually a little scared.

He secretly guessed, what is this person's identity? Is he some big shot?

"Okay, then tell me first, why are you beating the drum?" (End of this chapter)

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