Guo Sheng entered the study, and County Magistrate Li put down his book, smiling as he invited Guo to sit. "How's it going today? Has Ah Xia been naughty again? My two younger ones, Lan Ge is obedient but Ah Xia is getting more and more mischievous, a young girl who's even more rambunctious than a boy, really giving me a headache."

  "The girl is very good." Guo Sheng bowed his head and smiled in response, his eyelids slightly lowered. The next sentence changed the subject, "Dong Gong, there's something that I think shouldn't be hidden from you."

  "What's it? What else is there? Just speak up." County Magistrate Li chuckled and nodded to Guo Sheng.

  Guo Sheng stood up and walked to the door, poking out half of his body, looking left and right. The front hall was already empty, so Guo Sheng came back and sat down.

  County Magistrate Li looked at Guo Sheng who turned around with a cold face and subconsciously put down the book, straightened his upper body.

  Yesterday, in Hangzhou city, two major cases were concluded. One was the Xiakou Town female corpse case tried by the Hangzhou Prefecture government office, and the other was a big case jointly tried by the Provincial Governor's Office and the Judicial Commissioner's Office, which was a licentiousness case. These two cases are closely related to each other.

  Magistrate Li was slightly stunned, "The case in Xikou Town..."

  "Uh, County Magistrate, please listen to me. A year and a half ago, Deqing, the guest monk of Ning'an Temple in Shanyin County, along with the abbot Kongxie, had an illicit relationship with Yang Chen, the daughter-in-law of Yang Xiucan from Shanyin County. One day, while they were indulging in their affair, they were caught by a young monk, whom Deqing killed. He then left Ning'an Temple and wandered to the border area between Yanquan County and Hengshan County, where he changed his name to Yuanrong Fashi, claiming that he had opened his heavenly eye. Soon after, he became famous for his ability to send sons."

  The county magistrate's eyes widened, and a strong sense of fear surged in his heart, "Sending the son..."

  "Yes, they colluded to send the child, and soon gathered a large amount of wealth. They then recruited his younger brother and cousin, and in Xikou Town and Sanyang Town in Yanquan County, they built a temple for sending children, together sending children and harming countless women."

  The county magistrate's throat croaked twice, but he couldn't say a word, this was too frightening!

  "The blue-brick mansion next to the female corpse in Xikou Town is the Temple of Sending Sons, presided over by Yuan Rong's brother. It has been built for almost a year and has sent many children, with very prosperous incense."

  Kuo Sheng's words stopped abruptly, his cold eyes fixed on Li County Magistrate, whose eyes were wide with fear. After a moment, he slowly spoke, one word at a time: "The complaint filed by Zhao Hongqing of Xigou Town is about this very brothel."

  Li County Magistrate suddenly stood up, staring straight at Guo Sheng. He ignored the case of Wu County Wei...

  "County Magistrate, please sit down and listen to me." Guo Sheng calmly gestured for County Magistrate Li to take his seat again.

  "Zhao Hongqing and his daughter-in-law Zheng, are both followers of the temple that sends children, they want to expose the licentious sacrifices because they were instigated by Hu Mingde."

  Hu Mingde was the clerk of the Constitutional Court, and what Zhao Hongqing said that day, County Zun also heard. Zhao Hongqing first exposed the obscene sacrifice case, which was instigated by Hu Mingde, and it was also Hu Mingde who brought him to the county government. Even the indictment paper was written in advance by someone else. In the county government, Wu Xianyu responded first by advancing the time of Zhao Hongqing's exposure of the obscene sacrifice case by one month, and then used clever words to make County Zun think that Zhao Hongqing's exposure of the obscene sacrifice case was just a joke, and secondly, to deceive County Zun into signing his name on that indictment paper.

  Magistrate Li's two eyes were wide with fear, and his two hands trembled uncontrollably.

  The county magistrate signed and stamped the indictment, left a record on the bottom book, and returned to the tung tree in the afternoon of the same day, stealing away Zhao Hongqing's indictment.

  If it weren't for Old Man Zhou, by now that indictment should have appeared in the temple of debauchery in Xikou Town as evidence seized in a case of debauchery.

  That licentious and depraved case involved hundreds of people and thousands of families, it's a secret case, the county magistrate can't possibly know about it. Now, if someone from above comes to ask about Zhao Hongqing's lawsuit regarding this licentious and depraved case, the county magistrate will definitely burst out laughing and tell it as a joke again?

  Guo Sheng's tone was filled with intense coldness, and County Magistrate Li stiffened all over. Guo Sheng's words almost every sentence pierced through his understanding, striking him like a sieve.

  "If it weren't for Master Wu, at this moment, the county magistrate should have been arrested and taken into prison, and after interrogation, this county government office would be a scene of human hell. The crime of the county magistrate is not limited to anything, with one word 'beheaded', he can't escape."

  A single word, struck Li County Magistrate's entire body stiff, cold sweat dripping from his head and body, layer by layer, like a string of pearls, sweating like rain. Li County Magistrate trembled with fear, staring straight at Guo Sheng, his eyes wide open, his throat making a gurgling sound, but he couldn't utter a single word.

  Guo Sheng coldly looked at him, "Wu Ye was worried about County Zun's affairs and first invited Mr. Qin, then found me. Every time Wu Ye came back, he instructed me to pay attention to County Zun's official business."

  It was also my negligence, but I never thought that County Zun would be deceived by a few words and signed away his life. Fortunately, Zheng's unexpected death broke this chain of tricks. Otherwise, not to mention the fifth master, even a god cannot save County Zun and his family.

  Magistrate Li let out a choking sound and slid softly from his chair onto the floor.

  Guo Sheng stood up, looked down for a moment, then walked over, pulled out the chair and dragged Li Xianzhang away. "Your Honor doesn't need to be afraid now, it's all over. Alas, poor Fifth Master is still just a young man, yet he has to take on such responsibility for Your Honor."

  Magistrate Li let out a loud sob, tears streaming down his face, "I... I... I..."

  "I'll escort County Master back to the rear residence, and have Madam invite a doctor. County Master, take care of your body, not just for yourself, but also for Fifth Master and Sixth Brother." Guo Sheng dryly advised with a casual remark.

  To be honest, he didn't want to persuade him at all, he hated foolish people, but this time there was no way out.

  Guo Sheng put one of Li Xian's arms over his shoulder and dragged him to the back door, where he stopped and saw a woman in the distance. He loudly called out: "Hey, auntie, please call Hong Auntie for me, it seems like the county magistrate is ill."

  The old woman hastily ran in to pass on the message, and soon Hong's wife and Mrs. Xu rushed out together. As soon as they saw the county magistrate Li's condition, Hong's wife hurriedly called a rough servant over, and the two of them took over County Magistrate Li and supported him into the upper house. Mrs. Xu hastily dispatched someone to invite a doctor.

  Li Xia shrunk into the corner of the couch, next to Li Wenlan who had already started crying. She looked at her father lying on the couch, turned her body sideways and curled up into a ball, covering her face with both hands, occasionally trembling in pain.

  What's going on with this Guo Sheng? How did he scare Father like that?

  The county magistrate fell ill.

  Li Wenshan returned home to find his father looking ten years older, and tears welled up in his eyes. He rushed to the bedside in a few strides, "Father, what's...".

  Seeing his son come in, County Magistrate Li's eyes were filled with tears, and he propped himself up on his elbow to get up. Madam Xue hurried forward to support him, while Li Dong quickly stuffed a pillow behind County Magistrate Li's back.

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