The custodian was sweating profusely and anxiously led a group of government officials to rush into the courtyard.
Fei County officials have always been responsible for informing on thefts. Although this one acted haphazardly and inexplicably, the superintendent did not want him to die.
As soon as Fang entered, he saw several figures in black lying lifeless on the ground. Mu Su stood in front of the pavilion with his hands behind his hands, raising his head slightly.
The moonlight poured down on the whole body, and the whole person felt cold and indifferent.
"This..." Oshi was stunned and asked cautiously, "Sir, are you okay?"
Mu Su withdrew his gaze and said with a cold expression on his face: "They are just a bunch of young people who also want to hurt me?"
After confirming that nothing happened to the county magistrate, the government officials dispersed to check the bodies scattered everywhere.
"You don't have to look, the people I killed were not saved."
Mu Su spoke coldly, and returned to the room with his hands behind his hands. Only the custodian and the police officers were left in shock.
Oshi hesitated to speak, and finally did not dare to disturb Mu Su.
…
Noon the next day.
Mu Su lay on the table in the lobby of the county government office, bored.
After returning to the room last night, the system skipped time and arrived at this morning. Then Mu Su sat in the lobby all morning.
"It's so boring. There seems to be no case recently."
After lying on the table in a daze for a while, Musu turned his head and looked at Oshi: "Master, why don't you go back to your room, lock the door, and hang yourself with Bai Ling to pretend to be a secret room murder mystery?"
Oshi fell down from his seat in fear and kowtowed repeatedly: "Sir, please forgive me! I have been working diligently to share your worries..."
Seeing his overreaction, Mu Su lost interest, rested his chin on the table and sighed.
"Is there any old case?"
"This... did not happen." The officer looked ashamed. It was not because of how diligently the previous magistrates handled the case, nor how peaceful and contented they were under their rule, but... no one dared to report the case.
The previous county magistrates all tacitly maintained that the person who reported the crime would be punished regardless of whether the reason was right or wrong.
Even for murder cases handled by the government, they would just find any excuse to close the case.
Over time, the county government that made decisions for the people became useless. As for why Mu Su encountered this problem as soon as he took office, it was actually because they thought that the county government did not know the county, so they just asked the custodian to be the boss.
[How about tracking down the murderer last night.]
The transparent bridge watching suggested that she knew about Mu Su’s attack last night.
[This group of people is obviously not the same group as the Gao Qiu you met. I think one county magistrate will not cause two factions to assassinate... After thinking about it, it seems to be related to yesterday's tax change. You touched that group of people.
Cake, so I want to solve you.】
Musu exclaimed: "The emperor wants to kill me!"
Oshi was also frightened by his lack of words.
[No... I refer to the local beneficiaries in Fei County. The imperial court only has 30% of the tax and grain, but people have to pay 70% of the tax and grain every year. Whose hands does the remaining 40% go to...]
"Do you have any idea?"
"Not even a lower official..." Oshiji replied in panic. Lord Shindomu asked himself what he meant by this? Could it be that he was testing loyalty...
[Ask the custodian, he must know something.]
Musu stared at Oshi: "I'm asking those who assassinated me yesterday if you have any clues, Yumuhead."
The officer has nothing to say. You are a senior official, so what you say makes sense.
He thought for a moment and said, "They all have unfamiliar faces, I'm afraid they are not from Feixian County."
"I'm asking you who is behind them." Mu Su looked impatient.
The custodian has experienced what it feels like to crush someone to death at the highest level of government affairs.
"I speculate that your assassination may be related to the tax changes in the court yesterday..."
He naturally knows who he is, but there are some things that cannot be explained clearly. He can become the only living official in Fei County because of his tact.
But now he met Mu Su.
Mu Su couldn't stand this bad temper anymore. He stood up and yelled: "I am playing brainteasers with you? I want to ask you who you are and what your name is...!!!"
He shouted at the top of his lungs for more than ten seconds before he stopped.
Oshi's head was buzzing, and he said in a daze: "I think this may be related to the local gentry..."
It's just that people who don't want to poop go to poop, and squeeze a little bit now and then a little bit.
Mu Su, who lost his patience, waved his hand to summon the head catcher and said lightly: "Drag him down and behead him."
"It's my lord!" The head catcher rushed towards Oshi with excitement on his face.
Musu's move to remove taxes yesterday made the catcher a die-hard loyalist.
"Sir, please spare your life! The lower official said, the local gentry sent people to assassinate you because you touched the interests of the gentry during your trip yesterday!" When the shit came to an end, Yasi finally pulled out.
The head catcher stopped Oshi and looked at Mu Su.
[As I expected, this is the fourth case.] Transparent Bridge also said.
Mu Su's expression perked up, and he was so sleepy that he came to the pillow. The progress of solving this problem is now four, and there is still one piece left to complete the level.
"Let him go."
The catcher then let go and turned around to leave.
"Wait a minute." Mu Su stopped him, and then asked Asi: "Who are the local gentry?"
"My lord, there are three families in total: the Han family, the Feng family and the Zhou family. In the past, 40% of the tax was divided among them..." As if the jar had been broken, he told everything without reservation.
Mu Su was curious: "How can three people be divided into 40%?"
【Is this the point?】
"This... I don't know..."
After thinking for a while, Mu Su said to the arrester: "Instruct the heads of these three families to come to the county government office at noon. I will hold a court hearing."
Oshiji said anxiously: "Sir, please think twice. These three families have been operating in Feixian County for a long time, and their details are not deep. Among them, the Zhou family is even just a branch of the Pang family..."
Mu Su looked unkind: "You mean to let me bend the law for personal gain?"
Neither party could be offended, and the officer was so anxious that he almost cried: "I just want to remind you that these noble clans have very deep roots in Fei County. Their people have blossomed and spread their leaves to serve as officials in various places in the forest. Don't say that you are the magistrate of the county.
Even the prefect should hesitate again and again when encountering this matter."
Mu Su narrowed his eyes slightly. "You mean to ask me to swallow this breath? I will endure it if I am assassinated."
"Don't dare, don't dare... What the official meant is... the way of throwing dirty water before... can be avoided..." Oshi stepped back and said reluctantly.
Mu Su let out a light tut.
If you can't throw dirty water, then you can't copy and paste it.
The matter of calling people was handed over to the arrester. In case anyone didn't come, Mu Su specially asked him to bring a group of government servants to catch the people. They would arrest them even if they wanted to. Then Mu Su called the government officials to inform the people about the limelight.
Of course Mu Su would not let it go, not to mention that the secondary task had not been completed yet.
Unexpectedly, the three noble families did not refuse, and all said that noon would arrive.
It's three o'clock in the day.
A cloud covered the county government office, casting a large amount of yin and yang.
A crowd of people outside the yamen whispered to each other, and three elderly people in the hall sat firmly on the imperial chair, closing their eyes and waiting.
The clouds gradually dispersed and the sun shone again. In the dazzling mirror hanging high in the sky, Mu Su, well-dressed and with a crescent moon on his forehead, entered the county government office.
