After my pharmacy was opened, I turned my life around.

Chapter 75 Bring to Justice
Xiao Jingyan stood in front of him with his hands behind his back, pretending to think for a moment.

He stretched out his hand to signal the guards to untie Li Tianquan who was kneeling on the ground.

The guards were puzzled, but still followed the instructions and walked over to untie him.

Upon seeing this, the county magistrate finally felt relieved and a happy smile appeared on his face.

Xiao Jingyan slowly walked to the rice jar and grabbed a handful of rice, speaking casually with a hint of curiosity.

"It's a drought this year, and farmers have barely harvested any crops. The same is true in neighboring counties. Why does Mr. Li have so much rice stored?"

Li Tianquan rubbed his hands, heard the doubt in his words, and silently glanced at the county magistrate.

Since everyone is in the same boat, they should be honest with each other, lest Xiao Jingyan, unaware of the situation, stirs up trouble and blocks their path to wealth.

Seeing him nod silently, Li Tianquan began to explain.

"This is all thanks to our county magistrate. If he hadn't moved the grain from the granary in advance, I wouldn't have been able to store so much."

Xiao Jingyan suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. I wonder how Lord Qian deceived the court and transferred the grain?"

"This is a long story, we'll talk about it later when we have time." He pointed at the guards in the room, "Can you please withdraw them first?"

Xiao Jingyan glanced at him with his cold eyes, then sneered and sat back on the main seat.

"You two colluded with officials and businessmen, deceived the court, and harmed the people. You even wanted to bribe me to cover up the truth? How could I, Xiao Jingyan, be so unscrupulous as to go along with such a treacherous person like you!"

Xiao Jingyan's eyes were sharp and his voice was deep and penetrating, echoing in the silent hall.

The sudden change caught the county magistrate off guard, and it took him about a minute or two to react.
He was so angry that he said, "How dare you cheat me!"

Xiao Jingyan glared at him, "As a local official, you don't work for the well-being of the people, but do such a heinous thing. How can you still be angry? Don't think of escaping the blame today."

Seeing that the bribe failed, the county magistrate's face suddenly turned gloomy and he spoke viciously.

"Since you don't want to drink my toast, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Then he shouted, "Everyone come in."

With a loud bang, the door opened and more than twenty men rushed in quickly.

"Get rid of them."

"If you get rid of me, aren't you afraid that the court will send people to investigate?"

"Haha! The emperor is far away. Wait until you die for a while, then I'll get a few people to pretend that you're distributing porridge, and then arrange a riot because of uneven distribution of rice."

He pointed at Xiao Jingyan and the others, "You were killed by the refugees out of hatred. I came out to quell the riots and cremate your bodies to prevent them from rotting and causing an epidemic. I will then report to the court."

The thirty men brought by the county magistrate were all very powerful. They had fierce looks on their faces, and were holding long knives and sticks. They pounced on Xiao Jingyan and others like wolves.

The guards showed no fear and quickly formed a battle line to meet the enemy.

The leading guard was tall and mighty. He wielded a sword with a whistling sound, and forced back several enemies who were rushing in the front.

The other guard was agile and moved freely among the crowd. The dagger in his hand stabbed out like lightning, and each strike accurately hit the enemy's vital points.

However, the enemy was too numerous, the guards gradually became exhausted, and suffered many wounds on their bodies.

At this critical moment, the guards that Xiao Jingyan had sent out earlier came to find the prefect.

The prefect rushed in with a group of people and shouted loudly.

"How dare you do this here? Stop it."

The county magistrate and others were surrounded by the crowd. When they saw the prefect appear, they were immediately frightened and turned pale.

"Your Excellency the Prefect, this man brought people to rob the rice shop. I am here to..."

Trying to quibble and accuse Xiao Jingyan of a crime.

"Shut up!" The prefect glared at him and interrupted him, "You colluded with the rice merchants and dared to get rid of the officials sent by the court to provide disaster relief. Do you know your crime?"

Before arriving, the guards had already relayed all of Xiao Jingyan's words to the prefect, who then learned that the county magistrate had colluded with the rice merchants to do such a daring thing right under his nose.

The county magistrate’s face turned pale and he fell heavily to the ground with a thump.

"Your Excellency, I am innocent! Someone is deliberately slandering me!" Boss Li knelt down and echoed, "This is clearly a frame-up. I have been doing business honestly and law-abiding. Please understand my mistake."

Xiao Jingyan was almost amused by him, "You really won't cry until you see the coffin."

Then he took out the recorder that An Zhiyuan had given him a long time ago and pressed the play button.

Everything the county magistrate and Li Tianquan said was recorded.

Everyone stared at the recorder in his hand in disbelief.

"This..." What is this thing?

Xiao Jingyan glared at them with a sharp gaze, "I bought this from the Western Regions, so you can put down what you said originally."

The county magistrate rushed forward to grab it, but was stopped by the guards.

The prefect angrily scolded, "You are very brave. You dare to attack the brother of the current emperor."

After this sentence was spoken, everyone looked at Xiao Jingyan in disbelief.

"Your Majesty???"

"He... he is not..."

The county magistrate realized that the situation was hopeless, his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

His men also laid down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.

The prefect ordered the arrest of the county magistrate and his followers.

Faced with the irrefutable evidence, the rice merchant and the county magistrate had no way to deny and had to confess their crimes truthfully.

Afterwards, the prefect immediately reported the incident to the court, the county magistrate was dismissed from his post and his property was confiscated. The rice merchant also received the punishment he deserved, and his property was confiscated to compensate the people for their losses.

The gold, silver and jewelry confiscated from the county magistrate's house were handed over to Xiao Jingyan.

……

The next day, An Zhiyuan was invited to attend a special auction organized by Mr. Huang.

The layout of the venue is very similar to that of Xuan Yu Zhai’s last special event.

What was different was the service attitude. As soon as she arrived, a staff member arranged for her to enter the venue.

No bad things happened.

The staff led her to the first row and saw Chi Feiwan walking towards her with a professional smile.

"Hello, Miss An!"

"Are you in charge of this special shoot?"

Because the scene arrangement this time is very similar to last time, and now she is seen appearing at the venue again.

Chi Feiwan did not deny that she was worried.

"We have made every possible preparation this time, and the situation like last time will definitely not happen again."

"So, you are joining Mr. Huang's auction house?"

"No, I'm a part-time worker and I occasionally take charge of an auction. But don't worry, even if it's a part-time job, I will take every auction seriously."

"I always believe in you!" She still said the same thing.

Chi Feiwan felt touched that others had always trusted him, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you, Miss An. I'll get busy now."

After Chi Feiwan left, people started to enter the venue one after another, and the staff were busy leading them to sit down.

When An Zhiyuan was about to sit down, a man in a black suit appeared in front of her.

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