When Xiang Zhixian met him, he asked, "Did you know that Shangbai Village was robbed by bandits?"

Master Zhu looked surprised: "Where did the bandits come from? They actually ate the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard."

Xiang Zhixian said: "It is now widely spread that you are colluding with bandits."

"That's absolutely not the case!"

Zhu Zhushu was filled with righteous indignation and said: "Please allow me to recruit rural soldiers and go immediately to exterminate the bandits. Only in this way can I prove my innocence."

Xiang Zhixian said: "You don't have to go."

Zhu Zhu stood up abruptly, held up his hands and said: "I am the chief, and it is my duty to lead troops to suppress the bandits. I cannot be restrained by a few rumors. County Lord, if I don't suppress the bandits myself, won't I be forever?"

Carrying the stigma of colluding with thieves? I ask the county magistrate to fulfill his promise!"

Youyou asked the magistrate: "Did you know that the husband of Judge Li Tong's family was a guest in Shangbai Village a few days ago? He was injured in six places on his body and almost died under the knife of the thieves. He also interrogated the captured thieves. The thieves said

, you and I secretly instigated it."

"Li...the husband of Li Tongpan's family?"

Master Zhu was dumbfounded. From beginning to end, he had no idea that Tongpan's son had been to the Bai family.

He told the magistrate: "Before the bandits are suppressed, you must stay at home and do not move around at will. I also know that you are innocent and will intercede with you. If you move around randomly, if the suppression of the bandits fails, there will be more

There are rumors that you have secretly sent news to the bandits. By then, even I will not be able to protect you."

Zhu Zhu wanted to defend himself, but he opened his mouth and swallowed back his words. It took him a long time to hold back one word: "Yes!"

The Tongpan of Yangzhou was an extremely important person to Master Zhu.

Zhu Zongdao staggered out of the county office. The sunshine today was particularly dazzling, but he felt a chill in his vest.

how so?
Chapter completed!