"Afraid?"
Mu Yunjin raised an eyebrow.
"How do you write the word afraid?"
City Lord Ling viewed Mu Yunjin as annoying and arrogant. His originally tranquil face now reveals a trace of anger as he flung his sleeves.
"Don't know!"
Then, on the side of the street, a group of guards rushed.
In front of City Lord Ling, the guard leader respectfully bowed his body.
"City Lord, someone killed in the street?"
"Here, this is the girl."
The City Lord Ling looked in the direction of Mu Yunjin.
When the guard saw this, he looked at Mu Yunjin and looked at the guard's body on the ground and the injured Old He, he waved his hand.
"Someone come and take her away!"
"Just in time, I was just about to go to the Yamen and talk to the magistrate about the matter of replacing the City Lord."
Mu Yunjin crossed her arms, and smiled indifferently towards City Lord Ling.
When City Lord Ling made contact with Mu Yunjin's line of sight, his heart became apprehensive, and his mind flashed an inexplicable guilt.
……….
In a moment, at the Yamen Office.
Mu Yunjin strode to enter the door and couldn't help sighing. She was helpless, she was strolling around the street before she was thrown here.
Wherever she went, there was no moment of peace.
I really served myself.
But today, it is not her fault. It is that dog that came up to provoke her. She only acted in self defense.
But she didn't mean to cause trouble.
In the lobby of the yamen, Magistrate Li, who had already received notice, was sitting in the lobby. After seeing City Lord Ling, walk in front of the door, he sat up and had a polite face.
"I heard the guard's report. The City Lord was almost assassinated in the street?"
"En, that's right, but Ling Mou is fortunate to have a loyal guard. He had blocked for Ling Mou, and Ling Mou is able to live, if not, I am afraid that everything bodes ill."
City Lord Ling replied.
"This is a big thing. Who dares to assassinate the City Lord in the street?"
Magistrate Li was angered.
"This is the little girl."
City Lord Ling pointed towards Mu Yunjin behind him.
When Magistrate Li heard his words, he looked behind at Mu Yunjin. He glimpse at the face of Mu Yunjin and was surprised, and then he thinks that he is mistaken, therefore he rubbed his eyes, and carefully look again.
After a long while, Magistrate Li slapped his thigh and walked down in front of Mu Yunjin. He made a big ceremony toward Mu Yunjin.
"I did not know that her Ladyship will grace us with her presence, please excuse Li for not going out to meet you."
"Oh, do you recognize me?"
Mu Yunjin is a little curious about the sudden change of attitude of Magistrate Li.
"Naturally, me and your noble father had some friendly relations."
Magistrate Li replied and made a bow to Mu Yunjin.
Mu Yunjin saw things are reversed, so she was not polite, she sat on the side, crossed her leg, and pointed to the man being supported by the door, Old He.
"That man, in the middle of the street tried to take liberties with me, he said that I will be brought as the eighth concubine. On the street, he also kicked people's small stalls, what does the Lord Magistrate say about this?"
"Besides, this City Lord Ling not only shielded the dog but said he was going to throw me out of the city. How should we calculate this account?"
"Is the threshold of electing your City Lord that low? Can a cat and a dog be elected?"
After a series of taunts from Mu Yunjin, City Lord Ling was angry, and when he was just about to open his mouth, he was stopped by Magistrate Li. Then Magistrate Li said a string of words in the ear of City Lord Ling.
The City Lord Ling, who was originally full of anger, listened to the words of Magistrate Li, and his eyes were frightened. He immediately fell on his knees in front of Mu Yunjin.
"I did not know that her Ladyship is visiting River Moon City, we have offended you, my lady, please forgive us!"
When City Lord Ling's words dropped, he pulled the clothes of Old He, and he also knelt down.
"My Lady, what are you going to do about this matter?"
Magistrate Li stood aside and leaned over in front of Mu Yunjin, and carefully opened his mouth.
Mu Yunjin slightly frowned.
"I came here today, and my Lord husband does not even know that someone is trying to make me as an eighth concubine, The River Moon city is Magistrate Li's jurisdiction, you have the final say."
Hearing Mu Yunjin mention the two words, 'Lord husband', Magistrate Li and City Lord Ling's faces changed.
Then, without waiting for Magistrate Li, City Lord Ling took the lead and summoned the guards
"Someone come and take He Hu, he has committed misdeeds and bullied people, drag this thief out and beat him to death!"
"Wha, what?"
He thought he was mistaken. He stared at the City Lord Ling with astonishment.
When his words fell, a few guards came running left and right and adapt a posture of taking Old He away.
Old He responded immediately, seeing City Lord Ling is pushing him out to be killed, he immediately pointed to the City Lord and shouted at him
"Ling Kun, you dog thing! In ordinary days I, your father have searched and plundered a lot of good things, and the first thing I do is take it to you and share them with you. You had taken advantage of I, your father so many times, but now I, your father became a thief?"
"Pah!, the Lord Magistrate knows that in the past few years, because of Ling Kun instructions that I dare to be unreasonable within the River Moon City."
"You..."
Ling Kun's face is a bit unnatural.
"You talk rubbish? I am the Lord of River Moon city, where did I hope for you to share good things with me!"
"Drag him out and beat him to death with a rod!"
Ling Kun shouted.
When his words fell, he was dragged out by several guards. After a while, the sound of sticks and the scream of He Hu came out.
After a moment, He Hu's screams stopped.
Magistrate Li heard He Hu's cries had stopped, and bent his waist to look at Mu Yunjin. He saw Mu Yunjin pursing her lips. It seemed that she was not moved by the death of He Hu.
"My Lady, do you think the matter is settled?"
Magistrate Li opened his mouth carefully.
"Settled?"
Mu Yunjin sneered.
"There's still one person who hasn't been killed yet. How come it's settled!"
Magistrate Li and City Lord Ling are stupefied at the same time, and their heart knows the meaning of Mu Yunjin. After a long time Magistrate Li timidly replied.
"The City Lord Ling was commanded by the Emperor, if there is no imperial decree……"
Magistrate Li said half, and did not continue, letting Mu Yunjin herself understand the meaning.
"So it is like this ah."
Mu Yunjin pursed her lips and smiled then dropped her gaze on City Lord Ling .
City Lord Ling had heard Magistrate Li's words, he knew that he had the court behind him, so he could not help stirring up a bit of courage and squeezing out a smug smile toward Mu Yunjin.
"In this case, I have to return to the palace to report to Emperor Father, after all, as a daughter-in-law, coming to River Moon city and having eaten a big loss, I think that Emperor Father will also give me justice."
Mu Yunjin's speech is filled with Emperor Father as her eyes swept over Magistrate and City Lord Ling. In any case, today's matter she will not give in.
The two men heard her call the Emperor as Emperor Father, Their legs went soft, they have almost forgotten that Mu Yunjin had married Chu Li.
Magistrate Li even scolded himself for thinking about using the Emperor to suppress Mu Yunjin, but they are a family now, why would he help outsiders.
It seems that this Ling Kun is going to die today!
Worth mentioning, this Ling Kun, has taken advantage of being handpicked by the Emperor, River Moon City is not in the least organize, it has been ruled tyranically for a long time. Maybe now is the time to take control of it.
"Magistrate Li, now this City Lord Ling had connived with an evil tyrant, and has been bullying people, coveting stolen goods, and taking bribes. Are you going to properly investigate it? If you don't, I will have to return to the capital and report these to the Justice Office and let Lord Chen take this case."
Seeing Magistrate Li seems to have made up his mind, Mu Yunjin push the boat with the current.
Magistrate Li naturally knew that Mu Yunjin is giving him a way out. And if he does not follow the way, then that would be really stupid. So he opened his mouth to command.
"Someone come, go to the City Lord's Fu first, and bring the detailed accounts of his Fu for this official to examine. If Liu Huangzifei's words are true, then we will in no way going to spare the rod and spoil the child."
"That is wrong, I am just a woman from an ordinary family passing by, and not the Liu Huangzifei."
She'd rather not reveal her identity, so Mu Yunjin reminded Magistrate Li.
Magistrate Li immediately understood and nodded.
……….
After half a hour.
"Bang"
Magistrate Li took the bills from the guards and examined them one by one, then threw them in front of Ling Kun and bellowed at him.
"Ling Kun, how do you explain this? Why are half of the silvers allocated for the bridge construction in your storeroom?"
"There was a flood damage report two years ago and the allocated silvers are five thousand taels, but why did your report only have two thousand taels of silver?"
"Where are the rest of the silvers?"
Magistrate Li rapped the table, he had never thought that these silvers, after passing through Ling Kun's hand, he got hold of so much.
Ironically, two years ago he felt that the royal family did not put importance to the River Moon city. Otherwise, why would they, after being hit by a natural disaster, only send two thousand taels of silvers for emergency relief.
Originally it is Ling Kun, this vile man, who was playing tricks in secret!
"My Lord, I don't know anything about this."
Ling Kun denied it, and rubbed the beads of sweat on his forehead. He was a mess.
He really did not expect this, he had hidden everything for so many years, and now everything had come out in the open.
And surprisingly, this situation was brought on him by the rumored timid and ignorant, Mu Yunjin.
At the thought of Mu Yunjin, Ling Kun thought that something is wrong, earlier in the street, this woman clearly possesses skills in martial arts.
But how can Third Miss Mu, this pampered miss, know martial arts?
No, this woman, she must be a fake!
Thinking of it, Ling Kun ignored the question of Magistrate Li, and pointed out his hand towards Mu Yunjin. He boldly opened his mouth and said.
"Who are you? Why are you pretending to be Liu Huangzifei?"
"The Liu Huangzifei cannot perform martial arts, but you easily killed my guard and injure He Hu. Who sent you?"
When Magistrate Li heard Ling Kun's words, he only felt that Lingkun was doing a final struggle before death. He could not refrain but feel a little helpless.
He had seen this woman before. She must be Third Miss Mu. Her looks and manner is really on point and cannot be wrong.
"Don't turn this around on me, no matter what, your screwed here today!"
Mu Yunjin smiled, and sat by the chair, and is getting impatient.
Magistrate Li saw that Mu Yunjin is unhappy, in fear of angering this little ancestor, he knocked on the table and said:
"Someone come, first, take Ling Kun in the prison cell."
"This old man will report the evidences of Ling Kun's corruptions to the Emperor, and let us wait for the emperor to decide!"
At the end of his words, Ling Kun was dragged out.
In a moment, the hall became quiet. Magistrate Li sighed and looked at Mu Yunjin.
"Huangzi Fei, with this, are you satisfied?"
"En."
Mu Yunjin nodded slightly.
"I don't want to meddle on other people's affairs but about Ling Kun's stolen silvers. It's better if you come up with a way to appease the people of River Moon city."
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