Our family has been rebelling for generations, and you've become the top scholar in the imperia

The government office of the Jingzhao Prefecture.

The area outside is now completely blocked. Besides the Xifang residents kneeling on the ground to lodge their complaints and the onlookers, even many officials have changed their clothes and come here specifically for this purpose.

Especially officials of the Southern Forest Party.

Qin Feng has pinched the imperial court quite a few times.

Upon learning that some people had filed a complaint against Qin Feng, he naturally rushed over to see for himself.

"The fact that so many people have come is enough to prove that the Grand Tutor was right. This boy only became the top scholar because the students of my Nanlin Party couldn't attend the meeting. In reality, he is completely ignorant and a complete disgrace to scholarship!"

"Qin Feng is probably finished today. Hundreds of people have filed a complaint. This isn't the prefecture, but the capital. There are many eyes and ears here. This matter will surely reach the palace. And the Emperor still supports him?"

"Let's see how he dies! He pinched my thigh so badly that I still can't stand up to pee. He's utterly despicable!"

"..."

A large group of officials from the Nanlin Party stood together on a high platform opposite the Jingzhao Prefecture government office.

You can clearly see the scene inside.

With so many people filing complaints, the Jingzhao Prefecture government office simply couldn't accommodate them all.

Today, Qin Feng will not only be punished, but his reputation will also be ruined.

The Jingzhao Prefecture government had to conduct interrogations in front of the local people.

"The magistrate of Xifangfang is here!"

suddenly.

A voice came from the crowd.

Everyone automatically made way for him, looking at the ward master of Xifang.

"Pooh!"

Many people even spat at it.

because.

When the other party arrived, he was followed by a number of hooligans, dressed in neat coarse cloth clothes, who walked over arrogantly.

There was not a single sign of admitting wrongdoing.

"You scoundrel, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"

in the crowd.

Standing on tiptoe, looking at Qiu Tuizi following behind Qin Feng, Wang Dengke couldn't help but clench his fists excitedly.

The other person even nodded slightly at him.

What does this mean?

It's safe now!

When Magistrate Liu interrogates him, Qiu Tuizi will definitely pin all the blame for the Black Tiger Gang's crimes on Qin Feng.

Wang Dengke could already imagine how miserable Qin Feng would be when he knelt on the ground.

"You think you'll survive this time? So what if you're the top scholar? You won't be one soon!"

He muttered to himself.

Wang Dengke looked toward Prefect Liu, who was walking out of the Jingzhao Prefecture government office.

The interrogation is about to begin!

"Come one by one, what is your complaint? I will personally hear your case today in front of all the people, and I will surely give you, the people of Xifang, justice!"

After Liu, the prefect, came out, he immediately saw the officials across from the yamen.

He immediately straightened his expression.

With so many Nanlin Party officials present, if he were to show even the slightest favoritism towards Qin Feng, he fears that at the next court assembly, everyone would impeach him.

"You go first. Who are you?"

The middle-aged man kneeling at the front quickly raised his head and replied somewhat awkwardly:

"Your Excellency, my name is Wang Tiedan. I am a citizen of the West and live at No. C, Anban Street, West Ward."

"Whom are you suing?"

"A commoner sues the magistrate of Qin Feng."

Prefect Liu took a deep breath, staring intently at Qin Feng behind him, and asked in a deep voice:

"What business do you have with Qin Fang?"

Wang Tiedan gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground, pretended to wipe away tears, and began to speak in a trembling voice.

"This humble citizen had just stepped out of his house this morning and hadn't done anything when Qin Fangzheng and the Black Tiger Gang arrested him and forced him to clean the street in front of his house. If he didn't clean it properly, they would force him to lick it clean."

"If you don't want to do it, you'll have to pay a fine of several hundred coins."

"My family is poor and I can't afford more than a hundred coins, so I'm forced to clean the streets, wiping them bit by bit with coarse cloth."

Upon hearing this...

The people behind were stunned for a moment, then became furious.

In the morning, I was forced to pay a fine of over a hundred coins in front of my own house, without having done anything.

What is this if not using a pretext to collect money?

Street cleaning?

Wipe it little by little with a coarse cloth?

No one cleans their streets like this; even the imperial palace wouldn't do it.

It's obvious they're deliberately bullying ordinary people and forcing them to pay fines.

"How did someone of such poor character get appointed? Doesn't the government care? One hundred coins! They have absolutely no shame!"

"Qin Feng, I...￥%￥#￥##, you're a complete scoundrel! To collect money, you made someone lick the ground! Even the King of Hell isn't as ruthless as you! You've infuriated me! Get out of the way, I'm going to spit on you!"

"No wonder he brought the Black Tiger Gang to clean up the gangs. It turns out he wanted to drive the gangs away so they could force the people to accept money themselves."

"He did this on his second day in office. With him around, how can the people of Xifang possibly survive?"

"..."

The sentiment is exciting.

Some ordinary people even cursed at the scene.

Prefect Liu waved his hand and glanced at the constables to the side.

"Shut up, all of you!"

The head constable, along with his men, brandished their sticks, signaling the crowd to shut up.

"Qin Fangzheng!"

"The students are..."

Qin Feng cupped his hands slightly. Even though he was the top scholar in the imperial examination, he was only a ward official now and did not have an official title. He could only refer to himself as a "student".

"I ask you, is what Wang Tiedan said true?"

Prefect Liu pressed on aggressively, then suddenly asked in a loud voice.

Being exposed in public, it's impossible to admit it directly.

"It's true!"

Qin Feng nodded, readily admitting it.

The entire area in front of the Jingzhao Prefecture government office was deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop.

Nobody expected it.

They actually admitted it outright.

Even some officials standing on the high platform behind them stared wide-eyed, thinking for a moment that they had misheard.

Admitting this in front of so many people means that even if the emperor himself came, he would no longer be able to favor Qin Feng.

He's...dead!

"A poor man's son? Hmph, someone from such a poor background, once he gains a little power, will surely extort money even more. See, that's exactly what happened."

"Has the Emperor also been deceived by this man? Has the news been relayed to the palace? Gentlemen, perhaps we should wait a while, and then go to the palace together to plead with the Emperor to severely punish Qin Feng and strip him of his title as the top scholar?"

"We have to go together!"

Prefect Liu was also surprised that Qin Feng didn't even bother to explain, and simply nodded in agreement.

Does this kid have a death wish?

"Are you suing for the same thing?"

He looked at the other people.

Prefect Liu continued his questioning in a deep voice.

……

at the same time.

A horse-drawn carriage quietly stopped on Xifang Street.

Zhou Zhengde got out of the car with a gloomy expression.

He glanced at the old eunuch, then walked straight up to a commoner who was squatting on the ground wiping the floor with a coarse cloth and was chained up.

"Old man, what are you doing?"

"Mopping the floor, what else could it be for?"

The old man in front of me looked up and shook his head with a face full of shame.

I couldn't hold it in any longer and peed in the corner. I never expected that I would be caught doing that.

The key point is that it was reported by someone else.

This is incredibly embarrassing.

"You scoundrels! Your neighborhood headman is forcing you to mop the floor just to collect a fine of a hundred coins, and you didn't even resist?"

These words were spoken.

The old man immediately raised his head, baring his teeth, and said:

"You can scold this old man, but don't scold Qin Fangzheng. It was I who made a mistake, and I'm willing to be chained up and scrub the floor here. Don't listen to people's nonsense about hundreds of coins. Ask around, has anyone actually paid that?"

"Qin Fang is doing all this for our own good!"

Zhou Zhengde: "..."

Seeing the old man's sincere expression, Zhou Zhengde was stunned.

Something seems off!

"There's a notice over there, go see for yourselves, don't keep this old man from mopping the floor... Go away, go away, get out of the way!"

"A notice?"

Zhou Zhengde stood up, looked back at the notices plastered all over the distance, and walked quickly over.