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"Th-that's..."

County Magistrate Liu stammered.

He was just about to shift all the blame onto his subordinates when...

Then Zhao Yuan said,

"I'll ask someone else later."

"If you're lying, hehe..."

Zhao Yuan smiled slightly.

And this smile,

In Liu County Magistrate's eyes,

But it is clearly no different from the devil.

He no longer dared to have any other thoughts.

He quickly recounted what had just happened.

He told everything in detail.

"In other words, you previously used the pretext of the imperial army's attack on Liangshan,"

Zhao Yuan said coldly,

"They amassed wealth and grain throughout Yuncheng,"

"When those people came to you demanding their money, you instead ordered the guards and constables to plunder them?"

"This, this official is also... too..."

County Magistrate Liu, his forehead covered in cold sweat, tried to explain.

this moment,

In his mind,

They are all stories of Liangshan punishing corrupt officials, tyrants, and local bullies.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to listen anymore."

Zhao Yuan waved his hand.

"I only have one question for you,"

"Are you aware that Huyan Zhuo and Zhang Qing surrendered to Liangshan?"

"I know, I know,"

County Magistrate Liu nodded repeatedly.

"I only heard this news this morning,"

"Then the county government listed them as wanted criminals..."

Speaking of which,

Only then did the portly county magistrate realize something was wrong.

He hurriedly began to cry and complain again.

"It was my fault. Since those two generals had already joined Liangshan, I shouldn't have..."

"enough!"

Zhao Yuan asked with a stern face,

"Who told you they surrendered to Liangshan?"

"How come I, the leader of Liangshan, had no idea such a thing existed?"

"Ugh?"

Magistrate Liu was immediately stunned.

"So, you mean those two didn't surrender to Liangshan?"

"But, but this was this morning, the head constable of the county government told me."

"Jiao Ting, go and bring that constable here,"

Zhao Yuan frowned and gave the order.

"Yes!"

I have no face to accept the order and leave.

Seeing that Zhao Yuan did not ask him any more questions, Magistrate Liu

They quickly shrank to a corner of the room.

Fearing that they would attract the attention of the Liangshan chieftain,

As for Zhao Yuan...

Indeed, I couldn't be bothered with this county magistrate of Yuncheng.

His trip to Yuncheng this time...

I had only heard the news of Huyan Zhuo and Zhang Qing surrendering to Liangshan.

I came here specifically to check it out.

At this time,

He should have returned to Liangshan long ago.

They celebrated their victory over the imperial army.

It was after hearing this strange rumor that

Zhao Yuancai decided to come to Yuncheng in person to check on the situation.

After all, did Huyan Zhuo and Zhang Qing actually surrender to Liangshan?

Who could know this better than him, Liangshan?

He searched for the two of them all night.

There was not a single word.

In Yuncheng,

How did the rumor spread?

Have those two already surrendered to Liangshan?

...

A quarter of an hour later,

Jiao Ting returned with the head constable of the county government.

According to this captain...

He overheard his subordinates having breakfast at the hotel that morning.

I heard it from some street thugs.

Because this news is so significant.

Only then did they hurriedly inform County Magistrate Liu.

The rest was much simpler.

Under the guidance of this captain

Jiao Ting immediately led his men to find the constable who had first heard the rumor.

Then, following the clues, they found...

They found the scoundrel who spread the news.

An hour later,

Zhao Yuan then learned that

This rumor,

It was this morning.

A scoundrel named Wang Erde

They gave these street thugs a lot of money.

They deliberately spread the news that Huyan Zhuo and Zhang Qing had surrendered to Liangshan.

"Where is Wang Er?"

Zhao Yuan asked in a cold voice.

They deliberately spent money to let these ruffians spread the news.

This is what Wang Er did.

It's obvious that they had a specific purpose in doing so.

"We don't know either,"

The thugs looked completely bewildered.

"By the way, someone said,"

"As soon as the city gates opened in the morning, I saw that guy and a group of people leave through the west gate."

"Brother, I just took some men to check out Wang Er's house,"

Jiao Ting also said,

"There's no one left in the yard anymore,"

"However, there is still quite a bit of leftover food and wine on the stone table in the courtyard,"

"It seems that quite a few people did stay overnight at Wang Er's house last night."

"It's impossible for a scoundrel to suddenly frame Huyan Zhuo and Zhang Qingde,"

Zhao Yuan frowned and said,

"This matter is most likely related to the group of people living at Wang Er's house."

"But who exactly is it...?"

Chapter 800: Is Song Jiang causing trouble again?

At this time,

Jiao Ting, standing beside Zhao Yuan,

Notice the scoundrel kneeling on the ground,

People would occasionally look up at Zhao Yuan.

He seemed to have something to say.

He immediately demanded an explanation.

"What are you looking at, you rascal? Do you want to say something?"

"Your Majesty, I...I do have something to report,"

The scoundrel trembled.

He quickly spoke up,

"I don't know if I'm right or wrong,"

"But I noticed that Wang Er has someone by his side,"

"It looks like it, it seems like..."

The scoundrel stammered and couldn't get a word out.