It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Zhou Shu looked at the yamen runner coldly, "What happened?"

"The magistrate of Teng County brought his men to rob several of our villages."

“Not only did they steal property, but they also stole people and burned the entire village.”

Zhou Shuteng stood up from his chair at once, his expression becoming extremely ugly.

"When did this happen?"

"It was early this morning, before daybreak, when many people in several villages were still asleep. Then the magistrate of Teng County led his men into the villages, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of atrocities." The bailiff replied.

Zhou Shu was shocked. How could such a thing happen?

So he hurriedly called Master Liu over.

Master Liu didn't know what had happened and hurried over.

"Tell Master Liu again what you just heard." Zhou Shu said to the bailiff in a cold voice.

So the bailiff told Master Liu what he had heard.

"Tell me what's going on? Why did Zhao Long suddenly bring people to rob our village?" Zhou Shu spoke in a stern voice.

"This... I don't know either." Master Liu was also confused.

"Sir, why don't you send someone to Teng County to find out what's going on."

Zhou Shu nodded. He had no idea at the moment and could only listen to Master Liu's advice.

Master Liu turned around and prepared to send someone to Teng County to find out what had happened.

However, before Master Liu left the house, another yamen runner hurried in, tripped over the threshold, and fell heavily to the ground, his face full of anxiety.

"My lord, something has happened to my lord."

The yamen runner looked so anxious that something big must have happened.

Zhou Shu felt his heart was beating like a drum, as if it was about to burst out of his chest.

At this moment, he wished he were deaf and blind, unable to hear or see anything.

Couldn't he just relax a little?

He had just relaxed and gotten over the fear of Zhao Long's attack on the village, but bad things happened one after another.

"What happened again?" Master Liu pulled the bailiff up from the ground.

"Now, now...the magistrate of Song County is Lu Yunfeng."

The bailiff answered, panting.

Zhou Shu showed an expression of disbelief.

"Why did the magistrate of Song County become Lu Yunfeng? Isn't he Lu Kui's younger brother?"

The yamen runner quickly replied, "I heard that it was Jia Wanhe's son Jia Rong who gave the entire Song County to Lu Xingchen, saying that he wanted to thank Lu Xingchen for saving his father three times."

"What? There is such a rebellious son." Zhou Shu was shocked by the news as if he was struck by lightning.

Fortunately, his son was still young, and fortunately he did not give birth to such a rebellious son.

"Go, send someone to Song County to find out what the situation is. The more detailed the better." Zhou Shu waved his arms and ordered the bailiff.

The bailiff agreed and turned to walk out.

"Master, this matter is not as simple as it seems. Jia Wanhe must have been detained in Xing County when he went to ask for help. If Jia Wanhe wants his freedom, he can only exchange it for Song County." Master Liu analyzed.

"Yes, that's right, it must be like this. Otherwise, who would be stupid enough to hand over their county to others?" Zhou Shu nodded in agreement.

"Jawan and this idiot really shot themselves in the foot."

"We made the right move. Lu Xingchen is really ambitious and can do anything." Zhou Shu's fear of Lu Xingchen increased a little more.

"Hurry up and send someone to Teng County to find out why Zhao Long robbed our village."

"Master, I think there is no need to inquire. It must be Lu Xingchen who revealed the news that we wanted to marry our second young lady to him to Zhao Long. He wants us to kill each other and he will benefit." Master Liu stepped forward and said to Zhou Shu.

After listening to Master Liu's analysis, Zhou Shu suddenly understood.

"It must be like this. This treacherous villain, on the surface, stabilized Yu Ru and made Yu Ru fall in love with him, but secretly did such a thing to undermine the cause of the problem. He is such a villain." Liu Shu gritted his teeth at Lu Xingchen.

"Master, what should we do? Zhao Long robbed our village." Master Liu looked at Zhou Shu.

"What else can we do? With so few soldiers and so little combat power, do we still have to fight Zhao Long head-on?" Zhou Shu sighed.

"Send someone to Teng County again. This time, don't ask around. Just tell them directly that this is Lu Xingchen's plan to alienate us."

"And then Yu Ru still married Zhao Long."

"As long as we unite with Teng County, I don't believe we can't stop Lu Xingchen."

Master Liu didn't know what to do for a moment. There was a wolf on this side and a tiger on the other side, and neither of them was a good person.

He felt that Wanxian was doomed.

However, Zhou Shu seemed to think that Lu Xingchen was more terrifying.

Master Liu agreed. After all, this was Zhou Shu's order, and the county magistrate would take responsibility for any problems.

But just as he was about to go out, another yamen runner hurried in and fell in front of him again.

Seeing another yamen runner like this, Zhou Shu felt that the flesh all over his body was twitching constantly.

After being frightened twice, he felt that he didn't need anyone to hit him, he would scare himself to death.

"Something happened to the master."

"What happened?" This time Zhou Shu personally stepped forward, grabbed the runner's collar and lifted him up.

"It was Zhao Long, the county magistrate of Teng County, who brought his men to the gate of the county town and threatened to attack the county town."

When Zhou Shu heard the news, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"Hurry, go and take a look." Zhou Shu walked out of the yamen with the help of the yamen runners.

Master Liu quickly called on the soldiers to prepare for resistance.

When Zhou Shu went up to the city wall, his legs felt weak and he almost couldn't walk up.

He stood on the city wall and finally saw Zhao Long below the city wall.

Zhao Long was wearing white armor and riding a red horse. The red tassel on his helmet fluttered in the wind, and he looked murderous.

"Good son-in-law, what are you doing?" Zhou Shu opened his voice and shouted towards the bottom of the city wall.

Zhao Long raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at Zhou Shu, "Zhou Shu, you are a treacherous villain, two-faced."

"You said you would marry your daughter to me, and now you want to marry your daughter to Lu Xingchen."

"I'm not done with you on this matter."

"My dear son-in-law, listen to me. This is all misunderstanding. Lu Xingchen deliberately spread the news to sow discord. My daughter is at home now. If you don't believe me, I will bring her to the city wall for you to see." Zhou Shu knew that Zhao Long would not give up.

"Zhou Shu, stop it. Do you think my people are fools? They saw with their own eyes that the lawyer next to you took Miss Zhou Er to Xing County." Zhao Long reined in his horse, and the horse soared into the air, neighing.

The neighing of the horse seemed to be the final hammer that broke Zhou Shu's psychological defenses.

He also knew that Zhao Long could not hide the fact that Zhou Yuru went to Xing County.

"I fell into Lu Xingchen's trap."

"He said he would give me a thousand dan of grain, but his condition was that Yu Ru go to Xing County to thank him in person."

"I just wanted this little bit of food. I didn't expect him to be so treacherous."

Zhou Shu really couldn't think of a better excuse, so he just made up this excuse.